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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI voted using ranked-choice for Senator and Congresscritter for the first time today in Maine.
Maine people voted for ranked-choice voting after electing UberAsshole Paul LePage for governor by less that 50% of the votes in **two** elections.
Unfortunately, the Maine Constitution forbids it in gubernatorial elections - but not national offices.
It was easy.
Put the Dem at the top if the list, the independents in the middle - and the vile repugs at the bottom of the barrel.
hee hee.
RockRaven
(14,998 posts)There was a lot of hand-wringing about California's "jungle primary" and whether or not it would cost Dems critical House races. A ranked-choice jungle primary might be a better option.
yberry
(3 posts)You don't need to vote (rank) the republican candidate at all.
I intend to rank 1st and 2nd only among the dem and indy
Does anyone see an unintended consequence of not ranking the republican?
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)I was kind of wondering about that myself. Hopefully, someone who knows something about this will respond.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)yberry
(3 posts)I got here by googling the question. I was looking forward to rank-choosing the governor's race, given the possibility of repeats of 2010 and 2014 on a 4-candidate ballot. I think non-republicans are going to split the vote among Mills, Hayes, and Caron. No lessons learned in Maine, I fear.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)Yeah, at least ranked choice will help in the national elections and the fight to use it in gubernatorial elections is definitely not over.
yberry
(3 posts)I hope there a lot more of "you" than "them" in CD 2!
Rizen
(722 posts)is good because it lets independent voters be useful for once.