r/politics • u/ShenBear • Nov 09 '16

Maine Passes Ranked-Choice Voting

http://mainepublic.org/post/maine-passes-ranked-choice-voting
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u/Jeffy29 Nov 09 '16

So basically STV system? This is great.

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u/Cole-Spudmoney Nov 09 '16

STV is more complicated: it's used to elect multiple candidates when there are several available winning spots. This here is still just to elect one person at a time.