An Act to Change the State's Method of Allocating Electoral Votes
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1356
Sponsors: LEE, ROTUNDO
Amends: 21-A MRSA §723-A, 21-A MRSA §802, 21-A MRSA §803, 21-A MRSA §805

Legislative Document
No. 1356
H.P. 879
House of Representatives, April 1, 2025
An Act to Change the State's Method of Allocating Electoral Votes 
from a Congressional District Method to a Winner-take-all Method 
Contingent on the State of Nebraska Changing its Method of 
Allocating Electoral Votes
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 28, 2025.  Referred to the Committee on 
Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative LEE of Auburn.
Cosponsored by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin and
Representatives: ABDI of Lewiston, CLOUTIER of Lewiston, DILL of Old Town, LAJOIE of 
Lewiston, O'HALLORAN of Brewer, RANA of Bangor, ROEDER of Bangor, Senator: 
BEEBE-CENTER of Knox.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  21-A MRSA §723-A, sub-§5-B, as amended by PL 2023, c. 304, Pt. A, 
§18 and affected by §39, is further amended to read:
5-B.  Presidential primary elections; selection of delegates.  Notwithstanding any 
provision of this section to the contrary, for presidential primary elections, tabulation must 
continue until only 2 continuing candidates remain, separate tabulations must be conducted 
statewide and for each congressional district and selection and allocation of delegates to a 
party's national presidential nominating convention must be in accordance with any 
reasonable procedures established at the state party convention, except that unenrolled 
voters who participate in the party's primary election must be considered members of the 
party for purposes of allocating delegates.
Sec. 2.  21-A MRSA §802, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended 
to read:
One All presidential elector shall be electors in the State are chosen from each 
congressional district and 2 at large statewide.
Sec. 3.  21-A MRSA §803, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 628, §6, is amended 
to read:
1.  Duties.  Except when the National Popular Vote for President Act governs the 
appointment of presidential electors, as soon as possible after the presidential electors are 
chosen, the Governor shall send a certificate of the determination of the electors to the 
Archivist of the United States under state seal. The certificate must state the names of the 
electors and the number of votes each candidate for President received statewide and for 
each congressional district in the final round of tabulation under section 723‑A. The 
Governor shall deliver 6 certificates under state seal to the electors before the day 
established by federal law for the meeting of electors.
Sec. 4.  21-A MRSA §805, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2023, c. 628, §7, is further 
amended to read:
2.  Presidential electors.  Except as provided in subsection 2-A, the presidential 
electors at large shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates 
who received the largest number of votes in the State according to the ranked‑choice 
method of counting votes described in section 723‑A. The presidential electors of each 
congressional district shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential 
candidates who received the largest number of votes in each respective congressional 
district according to the ranked‑choice method of counting votes described in section 
723‑A.
Sec. 5.  Contingent effective date. This Act does not take effect unless:
1.  The State of Nebraska adopts a law allocating 3 or more of that state's 5 electoral 
votes on an at-large basis or otherwise allocates 3 or more of that state's 5 electoral votes 
on an at-large basis; and
2. The Secretary of State notifies the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes that the State of Nebraska has 
adopted a law allocating that state's electoral votes under subsection 1.
In no event may this Act take effect until 90 days after adjournment of the First Regular 
Session of the 132nd Legislature.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the State's presidential electors to cast their ballots for the presidential 
and vice-presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in the State 
according to the ranked-choice voting process contingent on the State of Nebraska 
changing that state's system of allocation of electoral votes from a congressional district 
method to a winner-take-all method of electoral vote allocation.