What this story reveals is that as more States adopt California type election systems, the Republican Party will no longer be a “National” party. Its all but disappeared from the West Coast and is now disappearing from the East Coast.
Demographics is destiny.
The GOP in Maine is incompetent on all levels. We need new leadership at Higgins street, the county and town committees need to be flushed out.
Poliquin won this race. This chicanery of 2nd ranked choice needs to be tossed out, period.
I draw from this that most Democrats just aren’t as incompetent as the Hildebeast.
Smaller elections are more easy to steal than national ones.
I have been active in local Republican politics, serving as a college adviser to an active college Republican club, delegate to the Republican caucus in 2016 (Trump delegate)
and election worker.
Several years ago, I began following the arguments for rank-choice voting. It was obvious that most of the advocates were far-left moonbat Demorats. I passed my concerns to several Republicans higher up the chain and there was little or no interest in fighting this issue.
I think we still have a party dominated by the Snow/Collins wing-get along go along be nice and never
hesitate to reach across the aisle.
I live in this district.
The voters in Maine’s Second Congressional District voted against “Rank Choice Voting” when it was on the ballot (as a ballot initiative). So the voters in the more liberal First Congressional District....20% of the state’s land area...are determining how we vote in OUR district, the Second Congressional District, 80% of the state’s land area.
Congressman Bruce Poliquin won the initial vote on election day by 2,000 votes. There were second, third and fourth “ovals” to fill in on the ballot for your second, third and fourth choice.
Basically, two minor candidates....Tiffany Bond and William Hoar, whoever they are....determined the outcome. Together, these two nobodys received 8% of the vote. Anyone who voted for these two minor candidates basically received a chance to vote twice when they filled in the second oval for democrat Jared Golden, a liberal former Marine.
I only filled in one oval....for the GOP incumbent. I had no second choice that I liked. If I filled in the other ovals for the same candidate, my ballot would have been thrown out.
Rank Choice Voting was determined to be unconstitutional for state offices, like governor, but not for federal offices. It was used in the U.S. Senate race as well as the First CD, but those incumbents received more than 50% of the vote so Rank Choice did not kick in those cases.
Bruce Poliquin and his dem opponent, Jared Golden, each received about 46% of the vote.
So even though Bruce Poliquin received 2,000 more votes on Election Day, he lost the election.
Fortunately, Poliquin is suing, challenging the constitutionality of this so-called Rank Choice Voting law.
Makes me think about becoming a ‘rat - they are ruthless and relentless and dedicated to winning - while Republicans all over are slumbering, the Dims have come up with yet another way to steal an election......
Seems like you are getting more than one man one vote here.
This ranked system is absolutely stupid. But people like it. I prefer the way it’s done in the southern states with a runoff. It is much more fair.
Conservatives need to find and run DINOs.
Why fight half a battle?
Well who needs representatives (marxist or rhinos) from foreign countries...