Has hatred of President Donald Trump so distorted the judgment of American liberals that they will resort to any means to achieve ends? It looks to be the case in Maine as citizens look back on the campaign to implement ranked-choice voting — touted as a means of preventing election of another governor similar to […]
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Lewiston among 5 towns whose ballots must be rescanned before count begins
AUGUSTA – Technical glitches forced the Maine Secretary of State’s Office to send staff detectives to retrieve paper ballots from five towns Tuesday morning, potentially further delaying a ranked-choice voting tabulation of last week’s primary elections. The five towns – Gray, Ellsworth, Lewiston, Orland and Westbrook – all scanned voters’ completed ballots last week and […]
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State still collecting ballots to conduct ranked-choice vote counts
AUGUSTA – Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said ranked-choice voting calculations for the Democratic gubernatorial primary will likely happen Tuesday. “Everything would have to snap into place pretty neatly to be done today,” Dunlap said Monday morning. “We are anticipating really being done tomorrow to be able to run the tabulation.” As of Friday […]
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Ballots start arriving in Augusta for ranked-choice tabulations in 2 races
AUGUSTA — Ballots from across Maine were delivered Thursday to a secure office in Augusta in preparation for the state’s first ranked-choice voting tabulation process. A private courier service hired by the state was expected to collect boxes containing paper ballots and electronic memory sticks containing digital records from nearly 500 municipalities and voting locations […]
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Couriers bringing ranked-choice voting ballots to Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — Couriers will begin delivering ballots to Maine’s state capital on Thursday as residents await the results of the nation’s biggest test of ranked-choice voting. A private courier service will start delivering hands ballots and memory sticks to a secure site in Augusta. Vote counting will begin on Friday and continue next week. […]
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Ballot measure to keep ranked-choice voting holds lead in early returns
With just over half of all precincts counted Tuesday night, Mainers appeared to favor keeping a first-in-the-nation ranked-choice voting system for statewide races, but the race remained too close to call. Supporters of Question 1 held a 55-45 percent lead with 51 percent of precincts reporting at 11:20 p.m. on a people’s veto that’s being […]
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Dunlap says 'don't exaggerate' after LePage calls ranked-choice voting 'horrific'
LEWISTON — Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap took issue Tuesday with Gov. Paul LePage’s remark that ranked-choice voting is the “most horrific thing in the world.” “If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a billion times: Don’t exaggerate,” Dunlap said in response. LePage told News Center Maine on Tuesday that he will “probably not” […]
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With first ranked-choice election, LePage says he ‘probably’ won’t certify results
[UPDATE:Matthew Dunlap urges Paul LePage to stop exaggerating about ranked-choice voting] As Mainers headed to the polls for primary voting Tuesday morning, Gov. Paul LePage announced he may not certify the results. Tuesday is the first time in Maine when voters statewide will use a ranked-choice system, which allows voters to submit a ballot that […]
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Mainers go to polls in first statewide test of ranked-choice voting
AUGUSTA — Maine voters will head to the polls Tuesday to select Republican and Democratic nominees for governor, and decide the fate of ranked-choice voting in statewide elections. While many party loyalists in Maine will be waiting to see who prevails among the seven Democratic and four Republican gubernatorial candidates, political observers around the country […]
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People’s rights relinquished
Haven’t voters had enough of those who can’t accept that their concept of what is correct — “politically correct” — is out of touch with constitutionality (and a huge segment of the American citizenry)? First, it was term limits for state legislators. The poster boy for that successful(?) movement was John Martin of Eagle Lake. […]