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Initiative: An Act To Establish Ranked-Choice Voting | Popular Vote |
 | Yes |
388,273 |
52.12% |
 | No |
356,621 |
47.88% |
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| Election Notes:
- The summary of the proposition as it appeared on the general election ballot: Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate,
Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the
state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by
majority?
- Information on the language of the proposition is from the Official Voter Information Guide issued by the Maine Secretary of State: https://www1.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/citizensguide2016.pdf
- A total of 3641 votes were cast by citizens abroad; 2487 in favor and 1154 against. The state of Maine does not tabulate these votes by county.
| Election Data and Statistics:
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- Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, Pop
Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Maine Secretary of State. 2016 Election Results, Maine Secretary of State (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/results/2016/referendum16.xlsx) (accessed 11 Dec 2017)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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