With about 82 percent of the precincts reporting, the proposal to adopt ranked-choice voting had support from 52 percent of the voters.

Among the major donors seeking to influence voters are the National Education Association, the National Rifle Association and a Virginia health policy group.

A poll reveals that the many undecided voters may not understand how the system would work.

A campaign version of the pub crawl will use demonstrations at Maine breweries to push for passage of a ballot question to alter the way voting results are tabulated.