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Maine voted on using this system for some elections in 2016. It passed, but -- perhaps not surprisingly -- many current, established politicians weren't happy.
by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Maine voted on using this system for some elections in 2016.
It passed, but -- perhaps not surprisingly -- many current, established politicians weren't happy. Maine's governor called it "the most horrific thing in the world" and the state legislature refused to fund implementation and voted to delay it until 2022.
So this year the the citizens of Maine voted again to confirm instant runoff voting, overruling the state legislature and vetoing their delay. It passed by an even bigger margin this time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/maine-lepage-ranked-choice-voting/562871/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/maine-l...
- acjohnson55 8y agoMaine's governor is also a bigot, in my eyes, so the fact that he doesn't like something is hardly a bad signal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_LePage#Drug-dealing_comments_and_leaked_voicemail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_LePage#Drug-dealing_comme...
- auntienomen 8y agoMaine's gov, Paul le page, was elected when 2 vanity candidates split the moderate & left vote. He wouldn't have been elected under an IRV system. No wonder he doesn't like it. In any case, he's leaving office and leaving Maine, so who cares what he thinks?
- dbbk 8y agoWhen will it come into effect? Article doesn't seem to say.
- peacetreefrog 8y agoThey used it in June for a statewide race and they're using it today for the federal congressional races.