On April 15, supporters of Maine’s ranked choice voting filed a lawsuit in state court, arguing that the Republican Party’s petition to stop using ranked choice voting for president is invalid. The lawsuit depends on a technical point. When the legislature passes a law, Maine allows a petition to freeze the new law, and the Republican Party has been circulating such a petition.
The lawsuit says the petition can’t have any legal effect, even if it gets enough signatures, because the procedure only applies to laws that have not yet gone into effect. The lawsuit argues the ranked choice procedure for president is already in effect. The effective date is complicated because the Governor allowed the measure (which passed the legislature last year) to go into effect without her signature, and the effective date in such cases is complicated. See this story. Thanks to Fairvote for the link.
Condorcet = RCV done correctly.
IF THE GOP PETITION DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH SIGS, THEN THE CASE IS PREMATURE – AKA NOT *RIPE*.
LAW 101
It’s too bad the ranked choice voting people are pushing the one-party.
Coming on 4/20/2020
http://Www.pprelectoralcollege.com
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Ogle has a special surprise for everyone on Hitler’s birthday! I’m told George Lincoln Rockwell [ANP], John Taylor Bowles [ANP], and Rocky Valhalla [ANP] will all make appearances. There will be pure proportional ranked choice voting on a list of minorities with a 1 being placed on the minority you would like to exterminate first. My money’s on the Jews winning, but Mexicans are also a favorite, and the Chinese are the sleeper due to recent events.