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Media Turns to Support For Maine’s Instant Runoff Voting Switch

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Maine's Instant Runoff Voting

Maine’s instant runoff would involve primaries, elections for senate, the house, governor and members of the Legislature

According to Ballot Access News, “On October 16, the Portland Press Herald, the daily newspaper in Portland, Maine, endorsed question Five“. On November 8th, there will be a “statewide initiative that asks voters if they wish to use instant runoff voting in future elections for congress and state office”. From the Portland Press Herald:

We support Question 5, a proposal to introduce ranked-choice voting in primaries and general elections for U.S. senator, U.S. representative, governor and members of the Maine Legislature.

Is IRV too complicated? The article claims:

Contrary to what opponents claim, ranked-choice voting is not a complicated system. On Election Day, voters get a ballot, go behind a curtain and mark the oval next to the name of their favorite candidate. For some, that’s all they’ll do. If there are more than two candidates in the race and a voter has a second choice, the ballot has a place to register that preference.

The voter can rank all the candidates or none. It’s the kind of decision that everybody makes every day of their lives. If you ever wanted strawberry ice cream but the store had only chocolate and vanilla, you ranked your choice by buying one of the other flavors or by skipping ice cream altogether. There is no trick to it.

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