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PublishedNovember 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.
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PublishedNovember 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.
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PublishedOctober 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.
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PublishedOctober 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.
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PublishedSeptember 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.
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PublishedSeptember 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2019
Last-ditch effort underway to use ranked-choice voting in March primaries
Supporters argue that Mainers should be able to use ranked-choice voting in the presidential primaries, but first they need to convince lawmakers one more time.
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