Maine Senator Eric Brakey (R-Auburn) has introduced LD 1071, to allow two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. The bill has two co-authors, who are also Republicans.
Maine Senator Eric Brakey (R-Auburn) has introduced LD 1071, to allow two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. The bill has two co-authors, who are also Republicans.
Given that Maine has ranked choice voting, will the candidates receiving multiple nominations have just one line on the ballot, or will there be separate lines for each nomination? If so, will a voter be able to ranked each line?
There would be only one place for a voter to vote for the candidate, so the voter could not choose which party to support. This is similar to the fusion that already exists in Vermont and Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Oregon.
It seems to me that listing fusion candidates on one line deprives candidates of the ability to get qualified status for a supporting party. And, anyway, it deprives a fusionist party of the ability to demonstrate its own appeal.
Besides, it seems to me that ranked choice voting can accommodate separate party lines for a fusionist candidate.
Even better, approval voting.
Ranked choice favors commies.
If Massachusetts had proportional ranked choice voting for President in 2020, the Republicans could have won 3 electors, as opposed to the none they got under the winner-take-all system.
First past the post, voting by party, in person open voting is the best system. Since there would be no candidates, and a voter would only stand in one party’s corner or section, there would be no fusion, RCV or approval voting.