ranked-choice voting
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2018
Commentary: What the Baseball Hall of Fame can teach us about elections
Maine's ranked-choice voting is one method for making the process reflect the electorate's intentions.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2018
Big Phish helps political cause at Portland’s Bayside Bowl
The band's drummer, who lives in Lincolnville, promotes a ranked-choice voting push – and rocks out, too.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2018
Phish drummer hits Bayside Bowl for a ranked-choice voting drive
The jam band drummer John Fishman is helping to collect signatures to force a people's veto.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Sign a petition to insist on use of ranked-choice voting in Maine
The original Maine Constitution of 1820 called for majority votes in order to elect our governor and other leaders. In 1880, after a three-way race for governor resulted in nobody getting the majority and two candidates claiming victory, the state constitution was changed to require only a plurality in order to elect a leader. Today, […]
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PublishedDecember 5, 2017
Want ranked-choice voting? Elect candidates who will support a constitutional amendment
The fate of this critical reform depends on who wins in 2018, Sens. Cathy Breen and Shenna Bellows say.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2017
Maine Voices: Amend Maine’s constitution for ranked-choice voting in all elections
It's possible, even likely, that winners in ranked-choice would also win under the current system.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2017
Green Party’s Jill Stein pushes Maine’s ranked-choice voting effort
Voters approved the ranked-choice system in 2016, but lawmakers have delayed it.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2017
Campaign to restore Maine ranked-choice voting collects over half the signatures needed for a people’s veto
Petitioners collected at least 32,000 signatures for a June referendum at the polls last Tuesday.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2017
Ranked-choice voting supporters to begin ‘people’s veto’ campaign today
Advocates for the 'instant runoff' plan to be at the polls seeking signatures to overturn a bill that would delay and possibly repeal Maine's switch to the system.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2017
Jim Fossel: Legislature is ignoring will of people
It's worrisome they don't seem to feel a responsibility to enact ranked-choice voting.
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