View a Maine Sample Ballot, Showing Ranked Choice Voting for President and U.S. Congress

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Here is a Maine sample ballot for November 2020, showing the ranked choice voting system for both President and Congress. This is the first ballot in
U.S. history to use RCV for president in a general election.

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View a Maine Sample Ballot, Showing Ranked Choice Voting for President and U.S. Congress — 24 Comments

  1. This ballot is no good unless you want one-party voting system and dictatorship psychology.

    Are you interested in pure proportional representation (PPR)?

    The United Coalition USA has been bringing the correct math since 1992, for the unifying phenomena of the three-party system or the 539-party system to the 538-member Electoral College, in four-year cycles.

    http://www.pprelectoralcollege.com
    Wxyz New Day/Black Panther/One 2020

  2. 1st Choice: Trump, Donald J.
    2nd Choice: Jorgensen, Jo

    Would I be allowed to leave the rest of the choices blank? Speaking of blank, I see that ol’ Don Blankenooney failed to even qualify as a write-in. Or did he not even bother to try? Such a sad joke. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G20/ME

  4. I wonder how many Democratic or Republican 1st-choice voters bother with a 2nd choice. Has to be a small minority right?

  6. Unless a Democrat or Republican finishes 3rd, you’re not going to know how many of them had a 2nd choice.

  7. NOOO primaries and Condorcet — esp for legis bodies

    multiple D/R/OTHER candidates likely.

    ie some D/R/Oth losers
    —-
    Exact PR –

    At least 5 Legis body members per district.

    Winners to have voting power in legis body equal to final votes received – direct from voters and via from losers.

  8. Jeff,

    My understanding of the ballot and the way it is governed, all you must do is fill in the first choice to be counted as voting in that race. However, if your choice(s) end up finishing last, your vote will be dropped if it goes to a third counting.

  9. Thank you for showing the ballot and instructions. Now I understand better how it works.

  10. Seems rather useless to give the option to number ALL candidates. You really only need one less than the total candidates. Like for president you’re not going to eliminate 5 candidates, so column six is pointless. You’ll only ever eliminate 4 at the most. And thus your fifth option (if your first four are eliminated) is the last one your vote would be allocated to.

  13. There is no need for party nominations.

    You could even have separate choices of Trump-Pence and Pence-Trump or Biden-Harris and Harris-Biden.

  15. You don’t have to rank them all. You can rank your 1 and only choice, and blank the rest. The effect of doing that is like voting in the first round of a run off election, and not showing up for the next round.

  17. Another ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymander election day has arrived — since 1200s in England – olde House of Commons election areas [ESP FOR TAX AND SPYING PURPOSES] — 700 PLUS YEARS OF GERRYMANDERS.

    1/2 or less votes x 1/2 gerrymander ares = 1/4 or less CONTROL = more evil and vicious oligarchs with lawless tyrant monarch gang leaders/bosses.

    MUCH TOO DIFFICULT MATH FOR THE ARMIES OF MEDIA MORONS FOR THE NEXT DAYS/WEEKS — PLUS MUCH WORSE LAWYERS / HACK JUDGES.
    —-
    PR and Appv – pending Condorcet
    TOTSOP

  19. The second biggest loses 100% guaranteed, first biggest need only run multiple candidates, then the biggest always wins. No split vote problem like two-party voting systems. 100% guaranteed biggest one always wins. One-party system.

    Check out the three-party system or the 539-party system to the 538-member Electoral College using Droop Quota since April 1st 1995 when Harry Browne the Libertarian one.

    http://www.usparliament.org

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