Maine approves ranked choice voting for president

GQ -Maine became the first state in the country to pass ranked choice voting in presidential elections. The system is pretty straightforward: rather than casting a vote for a single candidate, voters will be able to mark their first, second, and third choices for president. If a candidate doesn't win with an outright majority of first-choice votes, the count moves on to the next tiers. Ahead of the 2018 midterms, Maine became the first state to allow voters to rank their choices in elections for governor, as well as senators and representatives at both the state and national levels.