2025LD911

Tweaking Ranked-Choice Voting Rules When Candidates Withdraw or Die

2025 - Maine House of Representatives

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill clarifies procedures for elections decided by ranked-choice voting when a candidate dies, withdraws, or becomes disqualified. This bill patches technical gaps while further entrenching a flawed, confusing voting system. CPAC opposes efforts that normalize and cement ranked-choice voting and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-06-13 by a vote of 21-13. The House passed this bill on 2025-06-13 by a vote of 74-68. The bill later became law.

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Did Not Vote

Legislators · 151

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Mana Abdi ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Jeffrey Adams ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Roger Albert ME	Republican	87%	Conservative
Dan Ankeles ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Amy Arata ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
Marshall Archer ME	Democrat	7%	Leftist
Donald Ardell ME	Republican	99%	Conservative
Poppy Arford ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Mark Babin ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
Barbara Bagshaw ME	Republican	98%	Conservative
Matthew Beck ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Arthur Bell ME	Democrat	1%	Did Not Vote
Steven Bishop ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Mark Blier ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
David Boyer ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
Michelle Boyer ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Michael Brennan ME	Democrat	8%	Leftist
William Bridgeo ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Stephan Bunker ME	Democrat	19%	Leftist
Richard Campbell ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Nathan Carlow ME	Republican	52%	Conservative
Elizabeth Caruso ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Quentin Chapman ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Marygrace Cimino ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Kristen Cloutier ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Sally Cluchey ME	Democrat	9%	Leftist
Amanda Collamore ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
Alicia Collins ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Mark Cooper ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Lynn Copeland ME	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Lydia Crafts ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Dean Cray ME	Republican	90%	Conservative
Edward Crockett ME	Democrat	17%	Leftist
Lucien Daigle ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Flavia DeBrito ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Deqa Dhalac ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
James Dill ME	Democrat	14%	Leftist
Janice Dodge ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Victoria Doudera ME	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Gary Drinkwater ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
John Ducharme ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Holly Eaton ME	Democrat	0%	Did Not Vote
John Eder ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Sean Faircloth ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Wayne Farrin ME	Democrat	13%	Leftist
Billy Faulkingham ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
Ryan Fecteau ME	Democrat	13%	Leftist
Paul Flynn ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Robert Foley ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Steven Foster ME	Republican	98%	Conservative
Ann Marie Fredericks ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Kenneth Fredette ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Gary Friedmann ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Sharon Frost ME	Independent	14%	Did Not Vote
Andrew Gattine ME	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Valli Geiger ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Traci Gere ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Irene Gifford ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Cheryl Golek ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Anne Graham ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Lori Gramlich ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Randall Greenwood ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Abigail Griffin ME	Republican	96%	Did Not Vote
Timothy Guerrette ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
Kimberly Haggan ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Randall Hall ME	Republican	90%	Conservative
Tavis Hasenfus ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Rachel Ann Henderson ME	Republican	97%	Conservative
Allison Hepler ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Benjamin Hymes ME	Republican	98%	Conservative
Caldwell Jackson ME	Republican	89%	Conservative
Kathy Javner ME	Republican	95%	Conservative
Cassie Julia ME	Democrat	13%	Leftist
Christopher Kessler ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Amy Kuhn ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Michel Lajoie ME	Democrat	9%	Leftist
Michael Lance ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Lucas Lanigan ME	Republican	0%	Conservative
Thomas Lavigne ME	Republican	95%	Did Not Vote
Adam Lee ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Michael Lemelin ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Laurel Libby ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Grayson Lookner ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Sheila Lyman ME	Republican	97%	Conservative
Rafael Macias ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Marc Malon ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Richard Mason ME	Republican	84%	Conservative
Anne-Marie Mastraccio ME	Democrat	19%	Leftist
Kristi Mathieson ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Ann Matlack ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Julia McCabe ME	Democrat	7%	Leftist
Mathew McIntyre ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Michele Meyer ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Nina Milliken ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Arthur Mingo ME	Republican	87%	Conservative
Christina Mitchell ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Karen Montell ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Matthew Moonen ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Joshua Morris ME	Republican	95%	Conservative
Kelly Noonan Murphy ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Robert Nutting ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
Dani O'Halloran ME	Democrat	25%	Leftist
Rolf Olsen ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Laurie Osher ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Wayne Parry ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
Reagan Paul ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Chad Perkins ME	Republican	99%	Conservative
William Pluecker ME	Independent	11%	Leftist
Jennifer Poirier ME	Republican	91%	Did Not Vote
Kimberly Pomerleau ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Dylan Pugh ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Tracy Quint ME	Republican	99%	Conservative
Ambureen Rana ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
D. Ray ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Morgan Rielly ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Tiffany Roberts-Lovell ME	Democrat	8%	Leftist
Amy Roeder ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
David Rollins ME	Democrat	0%	Did Not Vote
Shelley Rudnicki ME	Republican	99%	Conservative
Walter Runte Jr. ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Melanie Sachs ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Suzanne Salisbury ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Holly Sargent ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Eleanor Sato ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Daniel Sayre ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess ME	Republican	97%	Conservative
Daniel Shagoury ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Abden Simmons ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
David Sinclair ME	Democrat	9%	Leftist
Charles Skold ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Katrina Smith ME	Republican	98%	Conservative
Michael Soboleski ME	Republican	98%	Conservative
Holly Stover ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Tiffany Strout ME	Republican	97%	Conservative
Laura Supica ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Gregory Swallow ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Parnell Terry ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
James Thorne ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
William Tuell ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Joseph Underwood ME	Republican	95%	Did Not Vote
Nathan Wadsworth ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Mark Walker ME	Republican	95%	Conservative
Sophia Warren ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Kilton Webb ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
James Lee White ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Russell White ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Stephen Wood ME	Republican	89%	Conservative
Peter Wood ME	Republican	89%	Conservative
David Woodsome ME	Republican	99%	Did Not Vote
Yusuf Yusuf ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Samuel Zager ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist