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There’s a big problem with the phone polls carried out by the major networks: They only represent the one percent of American voters who are willing to answer an unknown number.

Maine voters appear ready to change the way they elect public officials for statewide and federal offices, according to new surveys. Polling suggests that the more voters know about Question 5, the ballot initiative to implement ranked choice voting, the more likely they are to vote for it.

San Diego, CALIF.- As a state, region and community we desperately need more quality jobs and housing options for our growing population. I am proud to say, Lilac Hills Ranch, the development that’s at the heart of the Yes on B campaign, will do those two important things.

Lilac Hills Ranch will create more than a thousand jobs annually for our community. More than half of those jobs will be permanent, the other half will be high-quality construction jobs that could last as many as 10 to 15 years.

This would serve as a critical shot in the arm for our region.

As we stare down the barrel of one of the ugliest general elections for president of our lifetime, maybe a look back at what brought us to this point would be worthwhile. During the primaries, it was quite a spectacle on the Republican side, as 17 “Republican” candidates shoe-horned themselves into the Grand Old Party.  To be viable, these candidates were forced to choose one of the two parties that have elected all of our presidents since 1860.

Gallup polling reported that only 69 percent of Americans responded that they would 'definitely vote' in November's presidential election, the lowest percentage since the poll began in 2000.

But the make-up of why this number is so low is a dangerous sign, driven by Millennials and Democratic voters withdrawing from the process at a faster pace than any other demographic.

The 2016 Presidential election has been dubbed by many as a choice between “the lesser of two evils” and many voters are so disenchanted with the entire process that they are threatening to sit out this year. In response to discontent with the available choices, disgust with political corruption, and a feeling that their vote doesn't matter, many Americans question why they should bother to register to vote in the first place.

Recently, the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting (RCV Maine) hosted an A(us)A session on Reddit to increase awareness and support for its ballot measure to implement ranked choice voting in Maine.

According to RCV Maine, the movement is in response to the state’s “history of non-majority winners and elections defined by vote splitting and strategic voting.”

Tonight’s debate is expected to draw a record-breaking audience. Mudslinging is likely to occur on both sides during this highly anticipated display of theatrics. Dismayed by the choices of candidates being pushed on voters, an outcry has emerged for the inclusion of more voices on the debate stage: Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.

Media pundits and prominent publications are putting the full court press on third-party candidates. It is no coincidence that Hillary Clinton’s efforts to attract millennial voters coincides with the pervasive media attack on Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.