Congressional district 2
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PublishedDecember 5, 2018
With 2nd District recount set to start, judge says he’ll rule soon on ranked-choice challenge
Lance Walker, who heard opposing arguments Wednesday by the state and the Poliquin campaign, must decide whether Maine's voter-approved election system is constitutional.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2018
Ballot recount in 2nd Congressional District race starts Thursday
The process, involving the hand-counting of nearly 300,000 votes and several tabulation rounds under ranked-choice voting, could take four weeks, not counting the holidays.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2018
Poliquin’s election challenge faces long odds
Wednesday's hearing is the start of a push to make Maine the national, legal test case for ranked-choice voting in any federal election.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2018
Golden’s lawyer calls Poliquin suit ‘sour grapes’
In a legal filing, Jared Golden's attorney also says that the court should not allow Poliquin to 'change the rules' after the election.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Uncounted ballots become flashpoint in disputed 2nd District race between Poliquin, Golden
More than 6,000 votes were not included in the Nov. 15 ranked-choice runoff because of a machine scanning glitch, but their eventual inclusion didn't change the final result.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Poliquin says recount needed to address ‘chaotic’ ranked-choice process
But clerks from several of the 2nd Congressional District's largest communities dispute that portrayal of the election, which ended with Democrat Jared Golden beating the incumbent by more than 3,500 votes.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2018
Most per vote, $131, spent on Golden in 2nd District
Total expenditures in the race – $31 million – was almost twice as much as in 2016.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2018
Poliquin’s campaign not saying whether he’ll request a recount
However, the Republican does plan to continue his legal challenge to the ranked-choice voting that gave Democrat Jared Golden a narrow victory in Maine's 2nd Congressional District.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Q&A: Everything you need to know about Maine’s ranked-choice voting
How does it work? How did we get here in the 2nd Congressional District race? And what could happen next?
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Jared Golden declared winner of first ranked-choice congressional election, but challenge looms
The Democrat gets 50.5% of the vote to 49.5% for Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who says he'll continues his lawsuit arguing that ranked-choice voting violates federal law.