The Maine Republican Party has secured essential worker status from the state for the people collecting signatures for the party’s ranked-choice voting repeal campaign. Read More
Voters in Portland approved a measure to expand the use of ranked-choice voting in city elections by a wide margin in Tuesday’s election. Read More
In an emergency order on Tuesday, a judge ordered Portland to allow the Maine Republican Party to gather signatures at polling places for a people’s veto effort to repeal ranked-choice voting in presidential races. Read More
Voters here will have an opportunity on Tuesday to expand the use of ranked-choice voting in its municipal elections. Read More
State-level campaigns are making noise in Augusta, starting with groups on both sides of an upcoming vaccine ballot question, while a mysterious Hawaii company appears to be giving a boost to Susan Collins' re-election fight. Read More
The Maine Republican Party likely has until mid-July to submit more than 63,000 signatures from registered Maine voters to the secretary of state’s office to get a question repealing the presidential law on the November ballot. Read More
The City Council unanimously approved adding to the March ballot a referendum that would, if passed, expand ranked-choice voting to school board, City Council and other municipal elections. Read More
Maine already uses a ranked-choice voting system, but New York City would be employing the system on a far larger scale, with millions more votes to count. Read More
A ballot measure in Tuesday's election would make the city the most populous place yet in the U.S. to adopt ranked-choice voting. Read More
Voters approved ballot measures in 2016 and 2018 that made Maine the first state in the U.S. to adopt RCV for some federal and statewide elections. Read More
Gov. Janet Mills said Friday she would delay action on a bill passed by Maine lawmakers last month to expand ranked-choice voting to presidential elections. Read More
RCV is so convoluted that few voters know how to maximize their influence over the process. Read More
We asked what you think about the possibility of extending ranked-choice voting to the upcoming 2020 presidential race. Here's what you had to say. Read More
There are still hurdles to clear before we can gauge its effect on the 2020 election. Read More
In a surprise move, Maine lawmakers passed a bill Monday extending ranked-choice voting to presidential primary and general elections, though it’s unclear if Gov. Janet Mills backs it and what effect it would have in picking party nominees in March 2020. Read More
The Maine Green Independent Party said in a Tuesday statement that David Gibson of Morrill will announce his candidacy at a national party meeting in Massachusetts on Friday. Read More
Massive changes may be afoot for the 2020 presidential election in Maine after the Legislature approved bills on Wednesday to expand the state’s novel system of ranked-choice voting to pick the winners of new primaries and the general election. Read More
Lawmakers worked late into Tuesday to give initial approval to bills that would change the 2020 presidential election in Maine, allow sports betting and ban the use of cellphones while driving. Read More
