Maine Tried a New Way of Voting. Will Other States Follow?

Stateline: Voters in Maine went to the polls earlier this month to do something they’ve never done before: rank candidates based on preference.

The new voting system, the first in the nation to be used statewide, offers a significantly different way of thinking about voting. You aren’t just voting for one candidate; you rank candidates from most to least preferred. A winner is chosen after the lowest vote-getters are eliminated and votes for other preferred candidates are redistributed. In theory, the system produces a winner who most voters can at least tolerate.

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