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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Federal Judge To Hear Ranked-Choice Voting Arguments In Maine — Here’s Your Guide
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:00:58
	Publish Date:		2018-05-22 13:23:40
	Description:		A federal judge will hear arguments Wednesday in yet another case involving Maine’s landmark ranked-choice voting law. The Maine Republican Party is suing the Maine secretary of state in hopes of blocking the voting system from being used in its June 12 primary election. The GOP argues that ranked-choice voting changes the way it nominates its candidates and violates the party’s First Amendment rights. In court filings, the Secretary of State countered that the Republicans’ factual assumptions are “highly debatable and empirically unproven.” The state’s filing, written by assistant Attorney General Phyllis Gardiner, also notes that the Maine Republican Party uses a version of ranked-choice voting to elect its officers. “The [Maine GOP] chooses its own leadership pursuant to a ranked-choice voting method, but has filed this lawsuit after the eleventh hour, causing considerable disruption to the election process, alleging that [ranked-choice voting] somehow violates its First Amendment
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