Maine’s Second Congressional District race between Jared Golden and Austin Theriault is headed to a ranked choice voting tabulation, even though there are only two candidates. The true story of what is going on in Maine is complicated and utterly ridiculous, and the Secretary of State’s office is in the middle of a gigantic mess. We try to unpack it and explain exactly what is going on, and what is likely to happen.
Does Austin Theriault have a chance to win? Is ranked choice voting going to be repealed because of this disaster? What are other states doing?
We explain the chaos and answer these questions while generally dunking on RCV in this special emergency edition of the Pine Tree Pulse Podcast.