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Takket

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6. i wish all elections worked this way.........

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:00 AM

Nov 2018

it supports 3rd/4th parties since voting for them is not wasting your vote, while also making sure that a a person actually has a majority of the votes, even if it is someone's second choice.

Hillary would have won.

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Maine's 2nd District ranked-choice vote tally begins [View all] jpak Nov 2018 OP

hmmm elmac Nov 2018 #1

The Democrat should win this. David__77 Nov 2018 #2

Win should go to Golden... paleotn Nov 2018 #3

Do they use tabulating machines in Maine? SKKY Nov 2018 #4

Only 40% of the ballots can be used by high speed tabulators - it's mostly a hand count jpak Nov 2018 #8

Ahhhh. Ok. Thanks for the clarification. SKKY Nov 2018 #10

Found this on how it works: iluvtennis Nov 2018 #5

i wish all elections worked this way......... Takket Nov 2018 #6

I agree, my first impression is I like it. iluvtennis Nov 2018 #7

Be careful what you ask for modrepub Nov 2018 #9

Adding parties probably would never happen. Many states and localities have some sort of runoff LBM20 Nov 2018 #11