2025LD911

Tweaking Ranked-Choice Voting Rules When Candidates Withdraw or Die

2025 - Maine Senate

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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Legislators · 35

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Donna Bailey ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Joseph Baldacci ME	Democrat	12%	Leftist
Anne Beebe-Center ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Richard Bennett ME	Republican	61%	Leftist
Susan Bernard ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
Bruce Bickford ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Russell Black ME	Republican	87%	Conservative
Richard Bradstreet ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
Stacy Brenner ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Anne Carney ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Chip Curry ME	Democrat	8%	Leftist
Scott Cyrway ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Matthea Daughtry ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Jill Duson ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Bradlee Farrin ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
Nicole Grohoski ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Stacey Guerin ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
David Haggan ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Matthew Harrington ME	Republican	88%	Conservative
Craig Hickman ME	Democrat	15%	Leftist
Henry Ingwersen ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Mark Lawrence ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Jim Libby ME	Republican	90%	Conservative
Joseph Martin ME	Republican	100%	Did Not Vote
Marianne Moore ME	Republican	85%	Conservative
Timothy Nangle ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Teresa Pierce ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Joseph Rafferty ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Cameron Reny ME	Democrat	10%	Leftist
Rachel Ross ME	Democrat	8%	Leftist
Margaret Rotundo ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Harold Stewart ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
Denise Tepler ME	Democrat	8%	Leftist
Jeffrey Timberlake ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
Mike Tipping ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist