ranked-choice voting
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PublishedJuly 8, 2019
Presidential primaries, automatic voter registration among election-law changes
But lawmakers defeated several attempts to change the citizen initiative process and the ranked-choice voting that was used statewide in Maine for the first time last year.
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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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