Maine LD234: An Act to Eliminate Ranked-choice Voting

What the bill says

An Act to Eliminate Ranked-choice Voting Received by the Clerk of the House on January 16, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative CAMPBELL of Orrington. Cosponsored by Senator BRADSTREET of Kennebec and Representatives: GIFFORD of Lincoln, GREENWOOD of Wales, GRIFFIN of Levant, RUDNICKI of Fairfield, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, STROUT of Harrington. Printed on recycled paper.

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An Act to Eliminate Ranked-choice Voting Received by the Clerk of the House on January 16, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative CAMPBELL of Orrington. Cosponsored by Senator BRADSTREET of Kennebec and Representatives: GIFFORD of Lincoln, GREENWOOD of Wales, GRIFFIN of Levant, RUDNICKI of Fairfield, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, STROUT of Harrington. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1, sub-§27-C, as repealed and replaced by PL 2021, c. 273, §1, is repealed. Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1, sub-§35-A, as enacted by IB 2015, c. 3, §2, is repealed. Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §601, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2019, c. 320, §2, is further amended to read: 1. Arrangement. The ballots must be arranged in a manner that is as consistent and uniform as possible throughout the State, except that ranked‐choice contests must be grouped together and may be presented on the same page of the ballot as contests other than ranked-choice contests or on a separate ballot or ballot page from contests other than ranked-choice contests. Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §601, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 2019, c. 320, §3, …

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Sponsors

• Richard Campbell (R, 19) · primary sponsor
• Richard Bradstreet (R, 15)