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Maine Question 5, formally An Act to Establish Ranked-Choice Voting, [2] is a citizen-initiated referendum question that qualified for the Maine November 8, 2016 statewide ballot. It was approved by a vote of 52% in favor, 48% opposed. [ 3 ]
In 2016, Maine voters approved Maine Question 5 with 52% of the vote, approving instant runoff voting for primary and general elections for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the state legislature, starting in 2018. [14]
The last time a non-incumbent candidate received more than 50% of the vote was the 1966 gubernatorial election, which Democrat Kenneth M. Curtis won over incumbent Republican John H. Reed with 53.1% of the vote. Though ranked-choice voting was approved by voters in a 2016 referendum, the Maine Legislature voted to delay and potentially repeal ...
Maine Governor Janet Mills endorses questions 2, 3, and 4. ... Students also learned about the complexities of Maine’s ranked-choice voting system. Maine is one of the only states in the country ...
The dominant political parties in each location have fought against the adoption of ranked choice voting, which is already used in Alaska, Maine and a handful of municipalities around the country ...
Nov. 2—Election day is less than a week away and voters in some parts of the state are about to confront something a little unconventional: ranked-choice ballots. Maine voters have more ...
This vote coincided with primary elections in which party nominees for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and the Maine Legislature were chosen through RCV to run in general elections on November 6. The people's veto was passed, with 53.88% of Maine voters voting Yes. This restored ranked choice voting for primary and federal elections.
Nov. 5—Good morning from Augusta. The U.S. House is expected to approve a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and a $1.85 trillion Democratic spending bill today. Rep. Jared Golden of ...