Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD668: An Act to Abolish Ranked-choice Voting
Status: Failed, March 18, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Abolish Ranked-choice Voting Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 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 UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle. Cosponsored by Senator LIBBY of Cumberland and Representatives: ADAMS of Lebanon, BAGSHAW of Windham, CAMPBELL of Orrington, COLLINS of Sidney, HAGGAN of Hampden, QUINT of Hodgdon, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, THORNE of Carmel. Printed on recycled paper.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Abolish Ranked-choice Voting Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 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 UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle. Cosponsored by Senator LIBBY of Cumberland and Representatives: ADAMS of Lebanon, BAGSHAW of Windham, CAMPBELL of Orrington, COLLINS of Sidney, HAGGAN of Hampden, QUINT of Hodgdon, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, THORNE of Carmel. 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on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1, sub-§27-C, as repealed and replaced by PL 2021, c. 273, §1, is repealed. Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1, sub-§35-A, as enacted by IB 2015, c. 3, §2, is repealed.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 …
Sponsors
- Joseph Underwood (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Jeffrey Adams (R, 144)