Maine Supreme Court says proposed ranked choice voting expansion is unconstitutional

By: Kaitlyn Budion

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: April 6, 2026

Words: 1,088

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday that a bill to expand ranked choice voting to general elections for governor, state representative and state senator would violate the Maine Constitution.

“Because of the Maine Constitution’s language, there are strong and convincing reasons that LD 1666 is unconstitutional, and we conclude that the presumption of constitutionality has been overcome,” the justices stated in a unanimous opinion.

The bill passed initial votes in the Maine Senate …

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