On September 11, Maine Governor Paul LePage, an opponent of ranked choice voting, vetoed LD 1925, a supplemental appropriation to pay for election administration for the November election. On September 12, the House sustained his veto. All of the votes in the House to sustain the veto were cast by Republicans.
In response, the Secretary of State says he will use funds that had been appropriated for other future projects, because, as he said, “The election must go on.” See this story. Thanks to Electionline for this news.
Man these duopoly bootlickers just hate the possibility that their power will dwindle. Glad to see the SoS standing up for the voters.
One more ANTI-Democracy TYRANT veto by a party H-A-C-K
— copied from the rotted to the core Brit system.
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NO vetoes — part of the TOTAL Separation of Powers.
PR and AppV
We wish the Maine voters good luck in stopping the one-party system in Maine. Our country is a melting pot and we like fair competition in elections.
No to the SF one-party system.
If you are interested in fair and competitive elections there is nothing better than pure proportional representation (PPR).
Go Herd / Ogle 2020 for Pure Proportional Representation
http://www.usparliament.org/google2020.php
Not like 2012 and 2016, instead the Libertarian and Green Parties, all parties and independents, working together now.
Maine should have adopted a Top 2 primary with ranked voting. There would not have been the constitutional issue, and all voters would have been given an opportunity to vote for all candidates.
Maine makes it hard for minor party candidates to qualify. The only Libertarian candidate had to convince several petition signers to change their affiliation to Libertarian so they could sign his petition.