Both houses of the Maine legislature passed LD 1625 on June 27. But the House version retains ranked choice voting for all primaries, and for congressional general elections. The Senate version repeals ranked choice voting for all office.
No further action has taken place on June 28, so far, as of 12:15 pm Maine time. No one knows how much longer the legislature will remain in session.
The United Coalition rejects the ploy by both houses of the Maine legislature to implement single-winner district ranked choice voting (RCV).
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1 Senator Kwan Tera [One] Earth
2 Ambassador Hussein Hasan Abdullah Al-Mouathab [Al-Furat International Peace] Syria
3 Heli Tattari [Universal] Earth
4 Senator Ahmed Elbehiry [Info. Not Avail.] Egypt
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Senator Jennifer Naidu [Women Empowerment and Education] India
Senator Oroba Raheem Yakoob [Women’s Rights and Justice] Malta
Valeriana Mariani [Women & Leadership] Italy
Senator Laura Frustaci [Info. Not Avail.] Italy
Senator Ivon Ramzi [Info. Not Avail.] Italy
Senator Theresa F. H. Soliman [Info. Not Avail.] Egypt
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It’s extraordinary when legislators talk within earshot of the voting public about how imperiled the two-party system might soon be and what that means.
RCV survives in Maine. IVN writes it up here
https://ivn.us/2017/06/28/ranked-choice-voting-repeal-dies-in-legislature/