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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Contesting ranked-choice loss, Rep. Poliquin asks judge to order a new election
Rep. Bruce Poliquin is requesting a new election in the 2nd Congressional District race. Poliquin’s request, made in a motion filed late Tuesday in federal court in Bangor, is the latest move in his ongoing legal battle to challenge the results of the election, in which Democrat Jared Golden defeated Poliquin in the nation’s first-ever […]
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Dana Milbank: Americans can see the facts are closing in on Trump
They no longer need to trust the media’s words as his bogus claims are crumbling publicly.
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Our View: Rep. Poliquin should stop trashing Maine’s 2nd District election
The representative has a right to sue over the ranked-choice voting system, but not to damn the integrity of the process.
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Press Herald Business Breakfast Forum: Postelection predictions
Three veteran lobbyists weigh in on what to expect from a Mills administration and a Democrat-controlled Legislature.
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Contesting ranked-choice loss, Rep. Poliquin asks judge to order a new election
The Republican representative, who was defeated by Democrat Jared Golden in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, continues to look for ways to invalidate the results.
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Poliquin says recount needed to address ‘chaotic’ ranked-choice process
Rep. Bruce Poliquin said Tuesday his request for a recount in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race is “about making sure that the system works” following a historic ranked-choice election he portrayed as “chaotic” and confusing for voters. Though clerks in several of the district’s municipalities, large and small – including Lewiston, Fort Kent, Bangor and Presque Isle […]
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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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Down by 3,500 votes, Rep. Poliquin requests recount in 2nd District race
Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin requested a recount Monday of results in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race, citing concerns about the transparency of the “computer-engineered” ranked-choice voting results. To overturn the election results, Poliquin will have to erase a more than 3,500-vote lead Democrat Jared Golden holds following the nation’s first use of ranked-choice voting to decide […]