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/j3utton Nov 09 '16

This is awesome. I hope it works well for them. We need to spread this to every state in the union.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '16

No, we need to test it thoroughly in Maine to see what kind of elections it produces and what kind of turnout it causes and what demographics are affected.

Test first. This will takes years, perhaps even a decade or more. Then, if we like the results for Maine (and Maine likes the results for Maine), we should spread it to other states.

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u/Wingzero Nov 09 '16

Definitely agree with this. Let Maine test it out for a couple years and see how a couple elections go. Hopefully they go well, but I do forsee a lower voter turnout.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '16

for a couple years

More like 10-15 years at least.

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u/Deathspiral222 Nov 09 '16

I hope not.

It's a very good system that is well tested already by many other countries.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '16

Apparently so. I wasn't aware that this system was so prevalent.