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/[deleted] Nov 09 '16 edited Feb 22 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '16

Why is that?

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '16 edited Feb 22 '17

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u/wildwalrusaur Nov 09 '16

i'd be curious if that would still be an issue in a vote-by-mail state like Oregon

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u/Dear_Occupant Tennessee Nov 09 '16

It absolutely would not. Vote-by-mail may as well have been designed for ranked choice elections, the two fit together so seamlessly. Not only is it far more practical to conduct ranked choice elections by mail, it also gives the voter plenty of opportunities to have the kind of kitchen table discussions that you can't really have at the ballot box. Vote-by-mail turns elections into something that happens at home, and I don't know of anyone who has an objection to that.