An Act to Include in
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1666
Committee Amendment CA_A_S334 (Senate)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §723-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" kn to S.P. 660, L.D. 1666, "An Act to Include in 
the Ranked-choice Election Method for General and Special Elections the Offices of 
Govemor, State Senator and State Representative and to Make Othe1· Related Changes" 
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Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 35-A in the last line (page 1, line 12 in L.D.) 
by inserting after the following: "elected. 
the following: 'For the purposes of this 
subsection. "continuing candidate" has the same meaning as in section 723-A. subsection 
l, paragraph C and "highest continuing ranking" has the same meaning as in section 723-A, 
subsection L pal'agraph E.1 
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Amend the bill in section 10 in paragraph I in the 2nd line (page 2, line 31 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "candidates" the following: 'for that office' 
Amend the bill in section 10 in paragraph I in the 3rd line (page 2, line 32 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "ranking" the following: 'of a candid ate for an office' 
Amend the bill in section 10 in paragraph I in the 4th line (page 2, line 33 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "count" the following: 'in the election for that office' 
Amend the bill in section 11 in pa1·agraph J in the first line (page 2, line 3 7 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "ballot counting" and inserting the following: 'counting ballot 
tabulation' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 12 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 12. 21-A MRSA §723-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2023, c. 628, §2, is 
fmther amended to read: 
2, Procedures. Except as provided in subsections 3, 4 and 7, the following procedures 
are used to determine the winner of an election determined by ranked-choice voting. The 
ranked-choice voting 00\tHt ballot tabulation must proceed in rounds. In each round, the 
number of votes for each eonti1ming candidate must be eounted. Bach continuing ballot 
counts as one vote is tabulated for its highest-ranked continuing candidate fo1· that round. 
Exhausted ballots are not counted tabulated for any continuing candidate. The round then 
ends with one of the following 2 potential outcomes. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" Pr " to S.P. 660, L.D. 1666('§.-?3l.f) 
A. If there are 2 or fewer continuing candidates, the ranked-choice voting ballot 
tabulation is complete and each ballot is tabulated as one vote for its highest-ranked 
continuing candidate, and the candidate wkh--the--mest receiving a plurnlity of the votes 
cast is deolared the winner of the eleotion elected. 
B. Ifthere are more than 2 continuing candidates, the last-place candidate is removed 
from consideration eliminated and a new round begins.' 
Amend the bill in section 13 in subsection 5 in the last line (page 3, line 20 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "counting" and inserting the following: 'tabulation' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pait letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment makes technical adjustments to the bill. 
It includes statutory 
references to defined terms used in the definition of "ranked-choice voting. 
It replaces the 
term 
11count
with the tet·m 
11tabulate
when referring to the process of determining the 
number of votes cast for a candidate in each round of an election determined by 
ranked-choice voting, lt also clarifies that in the definition of "ranking" the preference 
being demonstrated by the voter for a candidate is relative to other candidates for the same 
office on that ballot. 
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