If Bruce Poliquin had embraced ranked-choice voting, he might have won, some say

ranked choice voting

Published
November 19, 2019

If Bruce Poliquin had embraced ranked-choice voting, he might have won, some say

Instead of shunning independent voters last year, some say he should have tried to win their support in a second or third round, which may have secured enough votes to win re-election.
Published
November 19, 2019

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.
Published
November 17, 2019

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.
Published
October 11, 2019

Ranked-choice voting has ‘Mainementum’ as it spreads across the country

Critics say election reformers ought to take a look at alternative voting systems before endorsing the one Maine adopted.
Published
October 7, 2019

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.
Published
September 6, 2019

Gov. Mills allows ranked-choice voting in Maine’s presidential elections

The bill will become law without her signature, but it will not take effect in time for ranked-choice voting to be used in Maine's new March presidential primary next year.
Published
September 5, 2019

Deadline nears for Mills to decide on ranked-choice voting for president

The governor has until midnight Friday to act on a bill to extend Maine's ranked-choice voting system to presidential elections and primaries. She can sign it, veto it or let it become law without her signature.
Published
August 29, 2019

Conservative group pushing Mills to veto bill for ranked-choice primary

The Maine Heritage Policy Center sends the governor a letter making its case against legislation to extend the state's ranked-choice voting system to the presidential primary in March.
Published
August 27, 2019

Uncertainty lingers over ranked-choice presidential primary, despite Senate passage

Gov. Janet Mills hasn't committed to signing the bill, it's unclear how the $100,000 cost would be funded, and party officials have discretion to interpret voting results when delegates are assigned to national conventions.
Published
August 26, 2019

Maine Senate passes ranked-choice voting for March presidential primaries

The bill is now in the hands of Gov. Janet Mills, who won her Democratic gubernatorial primary last year in the nation's first ranked-choice runoff for a statewide office.