[Lnc-business] Maine Question 5 (Ranked Choice Voting)

[Starchild]

	Although the text copied and pasted from Ballotpedia below didn't include a URL or working links, I was able to find the text of the measure (http://www.lwvme.org/files/RCV_Statutory_Language.pdf) and it looks straightforward. 

	I vote yes.

Love & Liberty,
                                   ((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
                                (415) 625-FREE


On Oct 3, 2016, at 7:03 PM, William Redpath wrote:

> From ballotpedia.org:
> 
> Ballot question
> 
> The question will appear on the ballot as follows:[2][3]
> “ 	Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?[4] 	”
> Ballot summary
> 
> The official ballot summary is as follows:[1]
> “ 	This initiated bill provides ranked-choice voting for the offices of United States Senator, United States Representative to Congress, Governor, State Senator and State Representative for elections held on or after January 1, 2018. Ranked-choice voting is a method of casting and tabulating votes in which voters rank candidates in order of preference, tabulation proceeds in rounds in which last-place candidates are defeated and the candidate with the most votes in the final round is elected.
> 
> [4]
> 	”
> Full text
> 
> The full text of the measure can be found here.
> Support
> Yeson5Maine.png
> RCVMaine.jpeg
> 
> The campaign in support of Question 5 is being led by the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting.[5]
> 
> The initiative was proposed by Rep. Diane Russell (D-39) and former Sen. Dick Woodbury (I-11). Both were proponents of ranked-choice voting in the state legislature, but their bills never passed.[6] Rep. Russell, speaking about Question 5, said, "I think the voters are hungry for a system that allows them to vote their hopes." Former Sen. Woodbury said, "Under the current ‘winner-take-all-system,’ the entire system is about polling and spoilers. That’s not what’s great about democracy."[7]
> 
> As part of the campaign in support of Question 5, the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting held several "beer election" events to demonstrate how ranked choice voting works.[8] A schedule of the events can be found here.
> Supporters
> Organizations
> 
>    Maine Democratic Party[9]
>    Libertarian Party of Maine
>    Maine Green Independent Party
>    League of Women Voters of Maine[10]
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 10/3/16, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Maine Question 5 (Ranked Choice Voting)
> To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> Date: Monday, October 3, 2016, 6:41 PM
> 
> 	Sounds good on the face of
> it. Bill, can you provide a link to the text of Maine's
> Question 5?
> Love &
> Liberty,                           
>        ((( starchild )))At-Large
> Representative, Libertarian National Committee 
>                               (415)
> 625-FREE
> 
> On Oct 3, 2016, at 3:38
> PM, Joshua Katz wrote:
> I'll cosponsor.
> Joshua
> A. KatzWestbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R
> seat)
> 
> On
> Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 7:11 AM, William Redpath <wredpath2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues:  I am
> looking for co-sponsors for the following resolution:
> 
> "The Libertarian
> National Committee supports Question 5 in Maine on the
> ballot on November 8, 2016."
> 
> Information:  If Question 5 passes,
> Maine will use Ranked Choice Voting in all elections
> starting on January 1, 2018, for Governor, State House,
> State Senate, US House of Representatives and US Senate.
> 
> Why I support Question 5
> (and have made a personal donation to RCV Maine):  RCV
> would, at the very least, do away with the "Wasted Vote
> Syndrome" associated with third party and independent
> candidates.  This would, at least, lead to more earned
> media and fewer debate exclusions.  I think if RCV were
> being used for this Presidential election, Gary Johnson and
> Bill Weld would have been included in all four debates.
> 
> I ask my colleagues to
> co-sponsor this email ballot and to vote "Yes" on
> it.
> 
> Thanks, Bill
> Redpath
> 
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