Residents also overwhelmingly reject Question 1 to repeal an immunization law, and Democrats in Portland choose U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to face Donald Trump in November.
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Maine Republicans win court order to petition at Portland polling locations
City officials initially told the state Republican Party it couldn’t collect signatures for a people’s veto on the use of ranked-choice voting in presidential primaries.
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Maine Voices: Ranked-choice presidential primaries would give boost to moderates
Though Bernie Sanders would still lead, poll results show clearly that Democrats are more evenly split than declaring a plurality leader as the winner suggests.
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The View From Here: Ranked-choice voting will be missed in Maine’s Democratic primary
In a crowded field, the instant runoffs would have provided clarity to a fractured process.
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Portland voters asked to expand ranked-choice voting
If approved, the method that has been used in Portland’s mayoral elections since 2011 would be expanded to all City Council and school board races.
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Maine Republicans seek to repeal ranked-choice voting in presidential elections
A petition drive announced Tuesday aims to put the question to the state’s voters in November.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Open primaries a better reform than ranked-choice voting
California’s system would be an improvement over Maine’s experiment with ranked-choice voting.
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In nation’s first federal ranked-choice voting race, Bruce Poliquin lost – and he’s not over it.
The two-term former Republican lawmaker from Maine’s 2nd District is trying to block the expansion of the new voting method to other states.
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Portland poised to ask voters to expand use of ranked-choice voting
The City Council on Monday is expected to set a date to ask whether they want to expand the voting method to all council and school board elections.
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Green Independent Party candidate explores run against Sen. Collins
Teacher and activist Lisa Savage is the latest potential contender in what is expected to be one of the nation’s most closely watched U.S. Senate races in 2020.