On August 24, a Maine state trial judge ruled that the Republican Party-backed referendum on ranked choice voting for president has enough valid signatures. Because it is now back on the ballot, ranked choice voting can’t be used in the upcoming election for president. In November, voters will vote again on whether to use ranked choice voting for president, but in the meantime it is not legally in force for that office. It is in force for Congress.
The basis for the ruling is that the Secretary of State had improperly invalidated signatures because the circulator in the town where they were gathered was not registered in that town. See this story.
The story does not mention that there is a separate state court lawsuit on whether the petitioning period for the referendum had already expired before the Republican Party circulated that petition.
Minority rule plurality math morons fighting to the END to defend their EVIL minority rule.
More stuff going to the politics graveyard — to be with divine right of kings – DEAD.
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PR and AppV – pending Condorcet — RCV done right.
TOTSOP
This is dumb. The Republicans might actually win NO electoral votes in Maine without ranked choice voting, not even the second district. It would serve them right if that happened.
What happens once the ballots are printed and if they can’t be reprinted? Would the second court case become moot, or would they just not count the people’s veto question if the second case prevails? (It would be too late to do the Presidential as RCV.)