💬 Maine Just Did What Democracy Should've Done Years Ago—And Nobody's Talking About It
Published Friday, June 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM PT Maine Just Did What Democracy Should’ve Done Years Ago—And Nobody’s Talking About It Here’s the thing about ranked choice voting that nobody wants to admit: it’s not sexy. It doesn’t fit on a bumper sticker. It won’t trend on whatever we’re calling Twitter now. So when Maine’s Secretary of State announced they’d successfully tabulated ranked choice results, the response was basically crickets and one guy in Portland saying “cool, I guess” before going back to his coffee. ...