Background
The Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM at
📍 State House, Room 437, Augusta, to discuss LD 1422 "An Act Regarding Open Primary Elections and Ranked-choice Voting.”
If you want to read LD 1422, click here: https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/display_ps.asp?snum=132&paper=SP0578&PID=1456
In lieu of personally testifying in support of this bill, you may testify via Zoom, or by online testimony using the following link: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/. Do this prior to the public hearing.
See below for EVERYTHING you're going to need to get this done, including testimony!
🔹 Steps to submit testimony online:
1️⃣ Click: "Public Hearing".
2️⃣ Choose a committee: "Veterans and Legal Affairs" - using the drop-down menu.
3️⃣ Choose date: April 16, 2025, 10:00 AM - using the drop-down menu.
4️⃣ Click: LD 1422
5️⃣ Enter your testimony in the box (or click the checkbox if you want to testify via Zoom).
6️⃣ Complete your contact information.
7️⃣ Click: "I'm not a robot"
8️⃣ Click: "Submit/Register".
You can find a video tutorial on 'Submitting Testimony in Maine" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYnhN4ZlpoQ
Action Time-Window
⚠️ Please consider taking action by April 16, 2025
Template
The below is a community member's testimony. Feel free to use it, something of your own, or something as simple as as "I oppose LD 1422, and "it ought not to pass." To get other wording ideas, as online testimony is submitted for this bill, you can see it here: https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/VLA/04-16-2025?panel=0&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2 after clicking on the bill number.
I oppose LD 1422 “An Act Regarding Open Primary Elections and Ranked-choice Voting.”
Everyone votes in the primary using the exact same ballot. All candidates no matter their party/affiliation are listed on the ballot. Using this method means that multiple candidates from the same political party could appear on the general election ballot while other parties may be left off entirely. Imagine that, only candidates from one party advance to the general election ballot?
This system sounds like free-for-all, intended to send a single party to the general election, with Ranked Choice Voting thrown in to further confuse the voter, and provide artificial majorities for some candidates.
I oppose LD 1422 and it “ought not to pass.”
Credit for the above goes to our community member Danny (@DannyEmerson61) from the South Berwick Republican Committee (@BerwickSouth).
Disclaimer
A community member has shared this personal template for those who wish to express their views on the bill(s) mentioned above. This template is not an official PTP position, and using it is entirely up to you. Pine Tree Patriots encourages civic participation but does not endorse or support specific actions or policies. Please remember this is an individual initiative.
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