An unconventional new voting system is being proposed by Voter Choice of Massachusetts for the 2020 ballot. The group had until this morning to submit their proposal as well as 10 signatures to Attorney General Maura Healey’s office.

Rep. Seth Moulton has come out in support of ranked choice voting, saying, “If the Founding Fathers had understood ranked choice voting, they would have put it in the Constitution.”

If this system was introduced then voters would rank their favorite candidate to their least favorite. Maine became the first state in the country to use ranked choice voting last year.

“While we will continue advocating for the successful passage of two ranked choice voting bills before the Legislature this session," said Emily Fitzmaurice the communications director for Voter Choice, on State House News. "We are finalizing language to submit to the Attorney General as the first step toward getting RCV before the voters on the 2020 ballot.”

Imagine that Elizabeth Warren, Seth Moulton and Ayanna Pressley are all vying for the same elected position. On a RCV paper you would mark your first choice, second choice, and so on. The candidate with more than 50 percent of first-choice votes wins. If no candidate gets at least 50 percent of the first-choice votes, the votes for the candidate who got the least first-choice votes are redistributed to those voters’ second choice.

“Ranked Choice Voting is an important step to re-energize and empower voters at this critical time,” said Fitzmaurice.