ME LD1666

Expands ranked-choice voting to general and special elections for Governor, State Senator, and State Representative, which are currently elected using single-choice voting in Maine

Creates a new statutory definition for "single-choice voting" to distinguish it from ranked-choice voting in Maine election law

Clarifies ranked-choice voting terminology by replacing "votes" with "ballots" throughout the statutes and changing "removed from consideration" to "eliminated" for last-place candidates

Updates election return reporting requirements so wardens report the number of ballots on which each candidate has the first-choice ranking rather than "first choice votes cast"

Preserves political party rights by specifying that a party candidate's vote count for statutory purposes is based on first-round ballot counts where that candidate is the highest-ranked continuing candidate