Westbrook, MAINE – Maine Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett issued the following statement on the Maine Republican Party’s filing of a federal lawsuit challenging the use of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in their primary, despite the Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously declaring it “the law of Maine”:
“The Maine Republican Party lost at the ballot box and lost in Maine courts, but rather than follow the law of our state as unanimously declared by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, they continue to fight RCV, actively attempt to thwart it, and work hard to undermine it. This is just another attempt to chip away at RCV, but Maine people have spoken – repeatedly – and it’s time for Republicans to listen.”
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