Bill > LD668

This bill proposes to completely eliminate ranked-choice voting (RCV) in Maine by repealing several existing statutes that govern its implementation. Specifically, the bill would remove RCV from primary elections for federal and state offices (such as President, Governor, and Congressional seats), general and special elections for federal offices, and general elections for presidential electors. The legislation makes numerous technical changes to election law, removing all references to ranked-choice voting procedures, ballot formatting, vote tabulation, and reporting requirements. Key modifications include standardizing ballot instructions to remove RCV-specific language, reverting to traditional plurality voting methods where the candidate with the most votes wins, and eliminating specialized rules for RCV recounts and vote counting. The bill effectively returns Maine's election system to its pre-ranked-choice voting structure, meaning voters will once again select only one candidate per race, and the candidate with the most votes will be declared the winner, regardless of whether they receive a majority of total votes.