LD252 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact.

What is the status of LD252?

Failed as of June 17, 2025. Latest action: Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved The Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report. Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 607 Yeas 15 - Nays 20 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Subsequently, The Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report. Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to COMMITT Bill and accompanying papers to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs FAILED Roll Call Ordered Rol (June 17, 2025).

Barbara Bagshaw (R, 106), with 4 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for LD252?

On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=252&snum=132

Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature

Maine LD252: An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact

Q: What does LD252 do?

In its own words: An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative BAGSHAW of Windham. Cosponsored by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor and Representatives: ADAMS of Lebanon, COLLINS of Sidney, COOPER of Windham. Printed on recycled paper.

Status: Failed, June 17, 2025

What the bill says

An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative BAGSHAW of Windham. Cosponsored by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor and Representatives: ADAMS of Lebanon, COLLINS of Sidney, COOPER of Windham. Printed on recycled paper.

From the introduced text:

An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative BAGSHAW of Windham. Cosponsored by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor and Representatives: ADAMS of Lebanon, COLLINS of Sidney, COOPER of Windham. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §723-A, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2023, c. 628, §1, is further amended to read: C. "Continuing candidate" means a candidate who has not been removed from consideration defeated. Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §723-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2023, c. 628, §2, is further amended to read: 2. Procedures. Except as provided in subsections 3, and 4 and 7, the following procedures are used to determine the winner of an election determined by ranked-choice voting. The ranked‐choice voting count must proceed in rounds. In each round, the number of votes for each continuing candidate must be counted. Each continuing ballot counts as one vote for its highest-ranked continuing candidate for that round. Exhausted ballots are not counted for any continuing candidate. The round then ends with one of the following 2 potential outcomes. A. If there are 2 or fewer continuing candidates, the candidate with the …

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Maine LD252: An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact

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