Legislature Advances Controversial Expansion of Ranked Choice Voting After Last Minute Recall from Gov. Janet Mills’ Desk Last Year

Legislature Advances Controversial Expansion of Ranked Choice Voting After Last Minute Recall from Gov. Janet Mills’ Desk Last Year

Maine lawmakers voted again Tuesday to advance a controversial bill that was recalled from Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) desk as the eleventh-hour measure last year expanding the use of ranked choice voting to all state elections. The bill was approved by a strict party-line vote of 19-13 in the Senate, followed by a series of [...] The post Legislature Advances Controversial Expansion of Ranked Choice Voting After Last Minute Recall from Gov. Janet Mil…

An Open Letter to Maine’s Legislature: Stop Advancing a Bill You Know is Unconstitutional

Last June, Maine Policy Institute urged Governor Janet Mills to veto LD 1666, a bill expanding ranked-choice voting (RCV) to elections for Governor, State Senator, and State Representative. That request was grounded in clear constitutional text, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s 2017 advisory opinion, and Governor Mills’ own legal analysis as Attorney General. Since then, nothing material has changed, except the Legislature’s willingness to ign…