Their rally comes a day before the Legislature holds hearings on two ranked-choice bills prompted by a Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling that the system violates the state constitution.
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State House leaders allow opposing bills to address ranked-choice voting
One would repeal the law passed by voters in November; the other would ask voters to amend the state constitution to make ranked-choice voting legal.
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Maine’s highest court rules ranked-choice voting is unconstitutional
The advisory opinion means lawmakers must start the process of amending the Constitution to allow the voter-approved law or repeal it, which is more likely.
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Maine Senate asks for court opinion on ranked-choice voting
Lawmakers vote to send the new voter-approved law to the state’s high court for a legal opinion.