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recounting of votes, as long as no change is made that alters the | | intent or principles embodied in this section. |
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| | | 3.__Modification of instant run-off voting method ballot and | | count.__Modification of an instant run-off voting method ballot | | and count is permitted in accordance with the following. |
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| | | A.__If the Secretary of State determines that the number of | | candidates for a particular office exceeds the practical | | space requirements for ranking all candidates on the ballot, | | the number of allowable rankings may be limited to no fewer | | than 5 candidates. |
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| | | B.__More than one candidate may be eliminated simultaneously | | if the number of total votes credited for those candidates | | is fewer than the number of total votes credited for the | | candidate with the next greatest number of votes. |
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| | | 4.__Effect on rights of political parties.__For all statutory | | and constitutional provisions in the State pertaining to the | | rights of political parties, the number of votes cast for a | | party's candidate for a particular office is the number of votes | | credited to that candidate after the initial round of counting. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 21-A MRSA §805, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Presidential electors. The presidential electors at large | | shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice- | presidential candidates who received the largest number of votes | in | | State. The presidential electors of each congressional district | | shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice- | presidential candidates who received the largest number of votes | | were declared the winners pursuant to section 726 in each | | respective congressional district. |
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| | | This bill creates the instant run-off voting method of | | determining winners in elections for President, Vice President, | | United States Senator, United States Representative to Congress, | | Governor, State Senator and State Representative. The method | | simulates the ballot counts that would occur if all voters | | participated in a series of run-off elections and allows a voter | | to rank candidates according to that voter's preferences. Each | | voter has only one vote for each office, and the ballot count is | | the same as would occur if voters participated in a series of |
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