PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 24, 2020
CONTACT: Jason Savage ([email protected])

BREAKING

COURT REVERSES DUNLAP:

Repeal of Ranked Choice Voting to be on 2020 ballot

State Court Decision Stops Use Of RCV in 2020 Presidential Election and
Allows Maine Voters to Reinstate One Person Equaling One Vote

 

AUGUSTA, ME - Maine Republican Party Chairman and Doctor Demi Kouzounas
issued the following statement regarding the court's decision to allow
the Ranked Choice Voting Repeal back on the ballot:

"Late today the court affirmed what we always knew, that the Repeal
Ranked Choice Voting campaign gathered enough signatures to place the
people's veto on the ballot.  We need to restore the principle of one
person equals one vote," said MEGOP Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas.

"Over 70,000 Maine people signed petitions to have their voices heard to
stop ranked choice voting. For months teams of volunteers worked
tirelessly to collect these signatures against great odds - including
the City of Portland's efforts to stop signature gathering and a
global pandemic - just to have the Secretary of State improperly
reject the signatures of thousands of Maine voters. Now, after our team
has spent weeks working around the clock to ensure these signatures
would be counted, the court has finally confirmed that we have the
required signatures to be on the ballot in November."

"While we find it unacceptable that Secretary of State Matt Dunlap
failed to protect the people's constitutional rights, we have always
been confident that we would ultimately prevail.  Today the court
vindicated that confidence, and the Constitution in reversing Secretary
of State Dunlap's incorrect decision. This is a massive win not only for
the effort to Repeal Ranked Choice Voting, but also for the people of
Maine."

"The fight to Repeal Ranked Choice Voting marches on, and we remain
laser-focused on winning in November," said Doctor Kouzounas.

"Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers and thousands of voters who
participated in this effort," said Maine GOP Executive Director Jason
Savage.

"We said we would not stop fighting until the Secretary of State's
incorrect decision was overturned. Now we are on to November and to
Repeal RCV and restore the principle of one person, one vote," said Mr.
Savage.

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