The party says it will conduct drive-thru events with single-use pens and hand sanitizer as it tries to prevent the method from being used in the November presidential election.
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Big win for ranked choice voting in Portland
Residents also overwhelmingly reject Question 1 to repeal an immunization law, and Democrats in Portland choose U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to face Donald Trump in November.
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Maine Republicans win court order to petition at Portland polling locations
City officials initially told the state Republican Party it couldn’t collect signatures for a people’s veto on the use of ranked-choice voting in presidential primaries.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Ranked-choice presidential primaries would give boost to moderates
Though Bernie Sanders would still lead, poll results show clearly that Democrats are more evenly split than declaring a plurality leader as the winner suggests.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Ranked-choice voting will be missed in Maine’s Democratic primary
In a crowded field, the instant runoffs would have provided clarity to a fractured process.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland voters asked to expand ranked-choice voting
If approved, the method that has been used in Portland’s mayoral elections since 2011 would be expanded to all City Council and school board races.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine Republicans seek to repeal ranked-choice voting in presidential elections
A petition drive announced Tuesday aims to put the question to the state’s voters in November.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Open primaries a better reform than ranked-choice voting
California’s system would be an improvement over Maine’s experiment with ranked-choice voting.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
In nation’s first federal ranked-choice voting race, Bruce Poliquin lost – and he’s not over it.
The two-term former Republican lawmaker from Maine’s 2nd District is trying to block the expansion of the new voting method to other states.
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Portland poised to ask voters to expand use of ranked-choice voting
The City Council on Monday is expected to set a date to ask whether they want to expand the voting method to all council and school board elections.