John

They thought they had us.

Janet Mills and the liberal Democrats in the State Legislature threw
everything at us to force Ranked Choice Voting onto this year's
Presidential Election.

First, they used last minute shenanigans to add it to Presidential
elections thinking we would be caught off guard.

Then came the Coronavirus and Governor Mills weaponized the vast,
unchecked powers she had grasped during the coronavirus pandemic to
specifically exclude our efforts to collect signature from her emergency
Notarization rules. Everyone else was granted the special power to
notarize documents except us.

However, we persevered.  With 500 petition circulators collecting
72,000 signatures from more than 450 Maine cities, towns, and
plantations in all 16 Maine counties; we marched into the Maine
Secretary of State's office last week to turn in our signatures.

Now, with the certification of our signatures likely coming within in a
few weeks, we will have stopped the Ranked Choice scheme from
interfering in this year's election.

At least that is what is supposed to happen.

But a group of liberals are also still trying to defeat us in court.  

Despite losing the battle over signature collection, a hoard of liberal
lawyers controlled and backed by powerful swamp-dwelling cronies are now
trying to also stop us in court. They are trying to get the courts to
throw out our signature gathering effort and thrust Ranked Choice Voting
back into this year's Presidential election.

Make no mistake-they will fail in this effort just like Gov. Mills has
failed our State, if we continue to have your help.

And, when we do we will need your help more than ever to let Mainers
know the truth about what Rank Choice Voting is -and what it is
not-with a strong media campaign to win the referendum in November.

You see, under the law, our signatures and defeating the lawsuit will
get this repeal placed on the November ballot.  By placing the repeal
on the ballot, we temporarily stop its impact by removing it from the
Presidential election this year. However to permanently rid Maine of
this scheme for Presidential Election we must win the vote in the fall.

Here are just some of the facts people need to know about:

*RCV is NOT a more fair or equal process. It allows some voters to get
multiple votes while some only get one vote.

*RCV does NOT create majority winners. The ballots of voters who voted
for eliminated candidates and left other columns blank are not counted
in the final tabulation.

*RCV does NOT make elections more civil or reduce negativity.

*RCV does NOT increase participation. It actually suppresses the vote.

*RCV is NOT simple. Maine's own experience shows a much higher rate of
voter error and spoiled ballots.

*RCV costs our cities, towns and state more money than traditional
elections.

*RCV has already been found unconstitutional in state general elections.
All Maine elections should be run consistent with the same principle.

Please consider contributing, here, now, today to help us fully defeat
Ranked Choice Voting.

Time is of the essence. Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Dr. Demi Kouzounas
Chair
Maine Republican Party

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