On June 21, the Maine House voted on LD 1917, the bill to alter the State Constitution, so that ranked choice voting can be used for state office in general elections. Although most representatives voted for the bill, it didn’t pass because it needed two-thirds. The vote was 79-65.

Maine uses ranked choice voting for federal office, and for state office in primaries. But it doesn’t use it for state offices in general elections because the Maine Supreme Court ruled a few years ago that the State Constitution doesn’t permit it.