Maine's Statewide RCV Election at the Local Level

Kathy Montejo, City Clerk of Lewiston, Maine, sits down with Karen Brinson Bell to discuss how local election administrators prepared for Maine's statewide RCV election in June. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Trvj7aeDl3e18X29LHGPNDoRLJSimlAy/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Lewiston's video on How to Mark a Ballot Using RCV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HPD37tMbgU - Lewiston's How RCV Works flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19WgWHCbZ42eXAjECJ1CxlAKwKoAdsHo4/view?usp=sharing - SOS Dunlap's one-hour RCV information session at Lewiston Library: http://lplonline.org/events/ranked-choice-voting-outreach/ Informational kiosk in both City Hall and Lewiston Library: - Turner Publishing article - Absentee ballots, RCV information available at Lewiston City Hall: http://www.turnerpublishing.net/news/2018/05/22/lewiston-maine-city-hall-sets-up-information-table-on-ranked-choice-voting/ - Sun Journal article (paywall) - Lewiston spreading the word on RCV: http://www.sunjournal.com/lewiston-spreading-the-word-on-ranked-choice-voting/ Other outreach efforts: - May 8 – School Budget Election – Kathy was at the polls all day and spoke with hundreds of voters. There were posters, flyers, sample ballots, etc., available. - May 15 – presentation during City Council meeting showing how a ballot is marked under RCV – televised live on cable and YouTube, rebroadcasts on cable - June 4 at 1 pm - Presentation at Lewiston Senior Citizen’s Center meeting - Local community access/cable TV station running the SOS's 5-minute RCV video as well as the one-hour SOS presentation at the Lewiston Library