Background
The Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, March 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM at
📍 State House, Room 437, Augusta, to discuss LD 911 "An Act to Modify Ranked-choice Voting with Regard to Candidates Who Withdraw from an Election."
If you want to read LD 911, click here: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?PID=1456&snum=132&paper=&paperld=l&ld=911
If you pick through the left side menu, you can find all kinds of good info!
In lieu of personally testifying in support of this bill, you may testify via Zoom, or by online testimony using the following link: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/. Do this prior to the public hearing.
See below for EVERYTHING you're going to need to get this done, including testimony!
🔹 Steps to submit testimony online:
1️⃣ Click: "Public Hearing".
2️⃣ Choose a committee: "Veterans and Legal Affairs" - using the drop-down menu.
3️⃣ Choose date: March 17, 2025, 11:30 AM - using the drop-down menu.
4️⃣ Click: LD 911
5️⃣ Enter your testimony in the box (or click the checkbox if you want to testify via Zoom).
6️⃣ Complete your contact information.
7️⃣ Click: "I'm not a robot"
8️⃣ Click: "Submit/Register".
Action Time-Window
⚠️ Please consider taking action by March 15, 2025.
Template
The below is a community member's testimony. Feel free to use it, something of your own, or something as simple as "I support LD 911, and it "ought to pass." To get other wording ideas, as online testimony is submitted for this bill, you can see it here: https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/VLA/03-17-2025?panel=3&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2 after clicking on the bill number.
I support LD 911 “An Act to Modify Ranked-choice Voting with Regard to Candidates Who Withdraw from an Election.”
This is common sense legislation. A vote for candidates that have withdrawn from the race and whose name remains on the ballot must not count as a legitimate choice, as is current practice. Move on to the highest-ranking choice for candidates still in the race. To count a vote for a candidate that has withdrawn is frankly, ridiculous and a wasted choice.
If we must use this system to vote, please clean it up.
I support LD 911, and it “ought to pass.”
Credit for the above goes to our community member Danny (@DannyEmerson61) from the South Berwick Republican Committee (@BerwickSouth).
Disclaimer
A community member has shared this personal template for those who wish to express their views on LD 911. This template is not an official PTP position, and using it is entirely up to you. Pine Tree Patriots encourages civic participation but does not endorse or support specific actions or policies. Please remember this is an individual initiative.
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