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Maine Supreme Judicial Court rules ranked-choice voting unconstitutional
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 23, 2017 11:25am |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Author | Michael Shepherd |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 23, 2017 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Maine’s high court said Tuesday that the state’s first-in-the-nation ranked-choice voting system is unconstitutional, throwing the voter-approved law into jeopardy ahead of the 2018 campaign where it was supposed to be implemented.
In a unanimous, 44-page opinion issued Tuesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s seven justices agreed with Attorney General Janet Mills, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap and Republican legislators that the system violates a provision of the Maine Constitution that allows elections to be won by pluralities — and not necessarily majorities — of votes. |
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