メイン州の裁判所は 州知事選挙と議会選挙の投票を違憲に裁く Maine court rules ranked-choice voting unconstitutional for governor and legislative elections.

メイン州最高裁判所は 選挙の投票を拡大して 州知事や議会選も含むと判断しました それは州の憲法に違反します Maine’s Supreme Court has ruled that expanding ranked-choice voting to include governor and state legislative elections violates the state constitution. 勝者は多数ではなく,単純複数か最高票数で決定されるという要求と矛盾している. この方法の目的は,投票者の総得票を1つずつ増やすことであり, The unanimous decision states the method conflicts with a requirement that winners be determined by a simple plurality, or highest number of votes, rather than a majority. 民主党が支持したが共和党は反対した法案を事実上阻止する判決だ. The ruling effectively blocks the bill, which was supported by Democrats but opposed by Republicans.