[EM] Maine RCV

[Etjon Basha]

Greetings gentleman,

And thanks Rob,

So, not even approval would pass? Nothing beyond plurality?

On Wed, 15 Apr 2026, 6:08 pm Rob Lanphier via Election-Methods, <
election-methods at lists.electorama.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Interesting report by Sara Wolk on votingtheory.org:
>
> https://www.votingtheory.org/forum/topic/606/rcv-found-unconstitutional-in-maine
>
> In short: the Maine legislature decided to expand RCV/IRV beyond federal
> offices to state and local offices, but worried about both a governor's
> veto, and/or an overturn from Maine's high court (the "SJC" or "Supreme
> Judicial Court").  So, rather than sending it to the governor (whose veto
> could be for many reasons), they sent it to the SJC first.  The SJC said "*The
> Maine Constitution, construed as a whole, treats a 'vote' as a single
> choice, tallied by a municipality*"  That not only has implications for
> RCV, but many other systems too.  A brief explainer with direct links the
> SJC opinion and some key quotes from them is available on electowiki:
> https://electowiki.org/wiki/Maine#2026_advisory_opinion
>
> The "*tallied by a municipality*" caveat is interesting, since it implies
> precinct summability is important to the SJC.
>
> Thoughts?
> Rob
> p.s. my cursory investigation of this topic was in preparation for the
> ElectoramaCall, which is happening in a few hours:
> https://electowiki.org/wiki/ElectoramaCall
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