The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is going to be deciding on whether Maine will move forward with ranked-choice voting in November or if it will need to face a voter referendum following a signature drive. Whether it survives or not, it should be made clear: Ranked-choice voting is an abomination.

The premise of ranked-choice voting is to allow voters to support parties outside of Democrats or Republicans without “wasting” their vote. If you want to vote for the Green Party candidate, you can do that, but if he or she finishes last, then your backup vote can be counted for the Democratic candidate. It’s also premised on forcing candidates to win a majority, rather than a plurality, of votes cast in their race.