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19. California is using it for federal elections

Fri Nov 9, 2018, 01:10 PM

Nov 2018

but it looks like it applies to the primaries - https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2018/5/29/17405562/california-top-two-primary-ranked-choice-voting

The above-linked article notes the danger of using it for primaries when you have several strong candidates of the same party who might be knocked out in some flippable GOP districts.

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King and Collins are Senators in Maine. House of Roberts Nov 2018 #6

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Not may, it is a ranked choice instant runoff election in ME-2 for US Rep Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #10

We linked the same article BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #11

Maybe CA has for local races Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #15

California is using it for federal elections BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #19

Yeah, then this is the first for a federal race in the general election Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #22

You can at least celebrate now that LePage will be gone!!!! BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #23

LOL, I pasted the wrong one Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #16

Thank you for the updated link!!!! BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #18

Well, congrats!, and just ignore their screams over losing Hortensis Nov 2018 #14

Poliquin really shouldn't have been a shoo-in either Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #12

The teabagger thing in 2010 was really a game-changer BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #17

Yeah, exactly Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #20

I think it is in the process of change now BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #21

Good to hear, thanks. Hortensis Nov 2018 #13