ranked-choice voting
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PublishedJune 20, 2019
Presidential primary bill passes but bonds falter as legislative session ends
Weary lawmakers, who worked until roughly 6:30 a.m. Thursday before adjourning the 2019 legislative session, may be called back to complete unfinished work.
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PublishedApril 17, 2019
Commentary: A constitutional pathway is available to ranked-choice voting in state elections
If there were only a first and a second choice, votes could be added directly to a candidate's total and tabulated in a single count.
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PublishedApril 10, 2019
Maine holds hearings on expanding ranked-choice voting to governor’s race
Maine used the ranked-choice voting system for the first time in November federal races.
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PublishedApril 8, 2019
Maine Voices: Election reform bill will provide antidote to voter disillusionment
Making Maine a presidential primary state and expanding ranked-choice voting will restore faith in the process.
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
Poliquin denounces ranked-choice voting, addresses student voting in talk at Colby
Former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin said the voter-approved ranked-choice process was a "scam" and that Colby students have the legal right to vote in local elections if they obtain a Maine driver's license within 30 days of living in the state.
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PublishedApril 1, 2019
U.S. House Republican leader assails ranked-choice voting in Maine
Republicans in Augusta and Washington are trying to stymie or repeal a voting method they say helps Democrats like Jared Golden.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2019
Bill seeks to expand Maine’s ranked-choice voting to presidential elections
The legislation would extend the balloting system to the primaries, if political parties choose to adopt them, and presidential general elections.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2019
Election reform bills include effort to expand ranked-choice voting to state races
Several measures to change state and local primary elections and boost clean elections funding also are on the docket at the State House.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2019
Republicans may seek to overturn ranked-choice voting in Maine
It isn't clear how they would proceed in an effort to reverse what Maine voters have twice approved at the polls.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2018
LePage takes parting shot at ‘stolen election’ that cost fellow Republican his seat in Congress
In signing off on Democrat Jared Golden's win over Rep. Bruce Poliquin, the outgoing governor writes that the first ranked-choice congressional election ‘didn't result in a true majority as promised.’
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