The long-range strategy to invalidate ranked choice voting (RCV), begun in Maine, continues:
I’ve signed off on the CD2 election result as it’s no longer in federal court. Ranked Choice Voting didn’t result in a true majority as promised-simply a plurality measured differently. It didn’t keep big money out of politics & didn’t result in a more civil election #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/0fEhD1dvAb
— Paul R. LePage (@Governor_LePage) December 28, 2018
Note Stolen Election is scrawled next to LePage’s initials. The goal is to spread the meme that RCV is not a valid voting system. How well this strategy will work is a little questionable in this case, as I doubt a sizable portion of the populace ever views such documents, and while Twitter is popular, I’m not sure this will attract a lot of attention, since soon-to-be-former Governor LePage (R-ME) has been considered a poor governor:
The two most unpopular governors in the country, Republican Mary Fallin in Oklahoma and Democrat Dan Malloy in Connecticut, are both leaving office in January with similarly anemic approval ratings — 17 percent for Fallin and 20 percent for Malloy. Opposing partisans in both states are hoping the sour taste left in voters’ mouths from their tenures will bring electoral dividends next month following two terms out of power.
It’s a similar story with Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Rick Snyder of Michigan and Paul LePage of Maine, three term-limited Republicans who will leave office in January. Fifty-four percent of New Mexicans, 54 percent of Mainers and 50 percent of Michiganders respectively disapproved of Martinez, LePage and Snyder during the third quarter. [Morning Consult]
But spreading the meme does remain part of their strategy.
