The ranked-choice ballots have been counted, but the fighting in the unprecedented race to represent Maine’s 2nd Congressional District may not be over. On Friday, one day after Democrat Jared Golden surged from behind to win the ranked-choice vote in the district, Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin and his advisers weren’t saying whether they would request […]
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Maine keeps counting ranked-choice ballots despite Poliquin's lawsuit
AUGUSTA — Republican 2nd District Congressman Bruce Poliquin filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Maine’s Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap in an attempt to stop a retabulation of ranked-choice ballots in a race between Poliquin and Democratic challenger Jared Golden. The suit filed in federal court in Bangor is asking for a permanent injunction against Dunlap, seeking […]
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Legal precedent so far supports ranked-choice voting
It is not clear yet what legal arguments might be made against ranked-choice voting if the law were challenged as a result of the outcome in Maine’s 2nd District congressional race. “I don’t think there’s any way they can win,” Rob Richie, president of Fair Vote, a Maryland group advocating election reform, said Thursday. He […]
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Billionaires, others pouring money into Maine’s U.S. House race
Some of the richest, most powerful people in America — including at least 15 billionaires — are pouring millions of dollars into Maine this fall. It’s not for a new factory, a coastal resort or anything that would directly benefit most Mainers. Instead, they’re using the cash to try to influence the outcome of the […]
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Jared Golden appears to have pulled out a win in congressional primary
Democrats appeared to have tapped Lewiston state Rep. Jared Golden on Tuesday as their standard bearer to try to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the general election. Golden said it is possible he racked up more than 50 percent of the vote across the sprawling 2nd District — results were incomplete — but […]