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[[Maine]] has implemented RCV following the inability of several [[Democrat]] candidates to win elections in the state; rather than recruiting stronger candidates to gain certain voters who prefer left-leaning [[independent voters|independent]]/[[third party]] candidates, the [[Democratic Party]] there instead chose to install a potentially [[unconstitutional]]<ref>[https://mainecampus.com/2020/03/ranked-choice-voting-is-unconstitutional-and-undemocratic/ Ranked-choice voting is unconstitutional and undemocratic]</ref> voting system.
[[Maine]] has implemented RCV following the inability of several [[Democrat]] candidates to win elections in the state; rather than recruiting stronger candidates to gain certain voters who prefer left-leaning [[independent voters|independent]]/[[third party]] candidates, the [[Democratic Party]] there instead chose to install a potentially [[unconstitutional]]<ref>[https://mainecampus.com/2020/03/ranked-choice-voting-is-unconstitutional-and-undemocratic/ Ranked-choice voting is unconstitutional and undemocratic]</ref> voting system.
One of the controversies in the 2020 Presidential election is the belief that the software within the Dominion voting machines was allocating votes using RCV, even though for Presidential elections RCV is not allowed except in Alaska and Maine (and in other states for primaries only).
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