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This week's question was, What states use ranked-choice voting in federal or state elections?
In the Wednesday Brew, we previewed Maine’s June 11 primaries. On that day, Mainers will decide primaries for U.S. House, [[United States Senate election in Maine, 2024 |U.S. Senate]], and the state legislature.
Maine is one of three states that use ranked-choice voting (RCV), a system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots, for federal or state elections. In 2016, voters approved the Maine Ranked Choice Voting Initiative 52.12% to 47.88%, allowing for RCV in congressional, state legislative, and gubernatorial elections. Although a series of legal challenges and legislation delayed RCV’s implementation in the Pine Tree State, it was first used in primary and general elections in 2018.
More states have now banned RCV in 2024 than in any other year. Five states — Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma — banned RCV this year. Voters in at least four states will decide statewide ballot measures related to RCV this November. In Nevada and Oregon, voters will decide on adopting the system. In Alaska, voters will decide on repealing the system they approved in 2020, while in Missouri voters will consider banning RCV.
A variety of localities use RCV in elections, but only a handful of states use it in federal or statewide elections.
What states use RCV in federal or state elections?
What states use ranked-choice voting in federal or state elections?
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