I voted using ranked-choice for Senator and Congresscritter for the first time today in Maine.

[jpak]

Maine people voted for ranked-choice voting after electing UberAsshole Paul LePage for governor by less that 50% of the votes in **two** elections.

Unfortunately, the Maine Constitution forbids it in gubernatorial elections - but not national offices.

It was easy.

Put the Dem at the top if the list, the independents in the middle - and the vile repugs at the bottom of the barrel.

hee hee.

[Cha]

1. KR!

[RockRaven]

2. I'm interested to see how it turns out, if the predicted benefits/perils of tha method match reality

There was a lot of hand-wringing about California's "jungle primary" and whether or not it would cost Dems critical House races. A ranked-choice jungle primary might be a better option.

[yberry]

3. Repubican candidate

You don't need to vote (rank) the republican candidate at all.
I intend to rank 1st and 2nd only among the dem and indy
Does anyone see an unintended consequence of not ranking the republican?

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

5. Wondering if not filling in the last choice is any different than filling it in.

I was kind of wondering about that myself. Hopefully, someone who knows something about this will respond.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

6. BTW, welcome to DU fellow Mainer! :) n/t

[yberry]

7. Thanks!

I got here by googling the question. I was looking forward to rank-choosing the governor's race, given the possibility of repeats of 2010 and 2014 on a 4-candidate ballot. I think non-republicans are going to split the vote among Mills, Hayes, and Caron. No lessons learned in Maine, I fear.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

4. Jared Golden for Congresscritter! LOL!

Yeah, at least ranked choice will help in the national elections and the fight to use it in gubernatorial elections is definitely not over.

[yberry]

9. CD 2 speaks!

I hope there a lot more of "you" than "them" in CD 2!

[Rizen]

8. ranked-choice

is good because it lets independent voters be useful for once.