125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1126		LR 253(01)
	An Act To Require That the Governor Be Elected by the Ranked-choice Voting Method
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Russell of Portland
	Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Current biennium cost increase - General Fund
Referendum Costs		Month/Year	Election Type	Question	Length
		Nov-11	General	Referendum	Standard
	The Secretary of State's budget includes sufficient funds to accommodate one ballot of average length for the general election in November.  If the number or size of the referendum questions requires production and delivery of a second ballot, an additional appropriation of $107,250 may be required.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Any impact from this bill is contingent on approval by the voters at referendum.  This legislation requires the office of the Governor to be elected using the ranked-choice method.  In addition to the cost of the initial authorizing referendum mentioned above, if approved the Department of Secretary of State will incur General Fund expenditures in fiscal year 2014-15 for conducting the second and subsequent rounds of counting the ballots, producing a separate ballot for the office of the Governor and retrieving the tamper-proof containers of ballots.  The department estimates it would need to hire 15 temporary workers to conduct the count.