Maine's Congressional elections do not use the Top Four system. Voters must still choose between a partisan ballots (R, D, I) in the primary in order to vote. It's not the same as Alaska's system, where all candidates compete on the same primary ballot and the top 4 move on to the general. This is a crucial difference.
Excellent column that needs to be read widely.
Maine's Congressional elections do not use the Top Four system. Voters must still choose between a partisan ballots (R, D, I) in the primary in order to vote. It's not the same as Alaska's system, where all candidates compete on the same primary ballot and the top 4 move on to the general. This is a crucial difference.