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# Petition Gathering Begins to Restore Maine Ranked Choice Voting
- URL: https://ivn.us/petition-gathering-begins-restore-maine-ranked-choice-voting/
- Published: 2017-11-07T17:11:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T20:00:18.000Z
- Author: Richard Winger
- Tags: News

On Monday, Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap approved the petition form for supporters of ranked choice voting to use, to repeal the [anti-ranked-choice bill](https://ivn.us/2017/10/23/voters-betrayed-maine-lawmakers-set-ranked-choice-voting-repeal/) that the legislature passed last month. See [this story](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/11/06/ranked-choice-voting-supporters-to-begin-peoples-veto-campaign-tuesday/?ref=ivn.us).

The referendum petition needs 61,123 valid signatures by early February 2018\. If the petition succeeds, the law passed last month is suspended, and the state will be obliged to use [ranked choice voting](https://ivn.us/tag/ranked-choice-voting) for the June 2018 primary for all federal and state office.

Thanks to Michael Chastain for the link.

*Editor's Note: This update [originally published](http://ballot-access.org/2017/11/06/maine-referendum-on-ranked-choice-voting-begins-to-circulate/?ref=ivn.us) on Ballot Access News, and has been republished with permission from the author.*