This bill allows a political party, during the state convention held by each party between March 1st and August 1st biennially during each general election year, to determine if the party's primary election to be held for the general election following the next general election after the party's convention will be determined by ranked-choice voting pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A, section 723-A or by an alternate method
42 determined for the party's primary election at the state convention and incorporated into the
43 party's rules. The bill requires the party's state committee to notify the Secretary of State
44 no later than October 1st of the year prior to a party's primary election if that party has
45 determined an alternate method for conducting that party's primary election.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 309, HP 209: 21-A.321, 21-A.339