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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Bernie Sanders to stump in Maine on Sunday and Monday
The Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate will be in Portland for a Sunday night rally and a meeting with union workers on Labor Day.
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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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Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton drops out of presidential race
Moulton follows Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper in ending their bids for the Democratic nomination.
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Presidential primaries, automatic voter registration among election-law changes
But lawmakers defeated several attempts to change the citizen initiative process and the ranked-choice voting that was used statewide in Maine for the first time last year.
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In debate, Democrats signal a turn toward liberal ambitions, government activism
Whether the Democrats put their best face forward was another question, however.
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Presidential primary bill passes but bonds falter as legislative session ends
Weary lawmakers, who worked until roughly 6:30 a.m. Thursday before adjourning the 2019 legislative session, may be called back to complete unfinished work.
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Maine Senate endorses shifting to presidential primary elections
If approved, the legislation would move Maine toward using party primaries instead of caucuses for signaling voters’ preferences.