Importance of June 12 election underrated

Mitch in Maine -I was out at the Portland Farmer's Market on Saturday doing advocacy for Ranked Choice Voting.

I was surprised how few people knew they need to come out to vote YES on 1 June 12 to save Ranked Choice Voting, and defend the right of the people to change our elections to the benefit of all of us.

Especially Independents, non-aligned, and disillusioned voter and non-voters need to come out. There are not enough Republicans and Democrats who support RCV for it to pass if Independents do not come out to vote.

Maine voters who do not support the two dominant parties are 42% of the Maine population, that is the largest portion of the voting public.

What makes it worse is that June 12th is a primary election, so Independents and others do not normally come out to vote, but this time there is an important reason. There will be a ballot question. If Yes does not win, all the efforts of the people of Maine to improve our election system will fail, and the entrenched politicians will have defeated the people.