The most confusing aspect of the system is the on-again-off-again way that it’s used in some races but not others.
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Group pushing ranked-choice voting challenges city’s rejection of petition
Its petition effort to expand the voting system to citywide races fell short, but Fair Elections Portland is challenging signatures that were disqualified.
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Opponents of a dozen new laws aim to erase them with ‘people’s veto’ campaigns
With a short time to collect 63,067 signatures, special interest groups and individuals file more than a dozen requests to challenge newly signed laws.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.