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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.