The arduous recount is expected to last four weeks, though it is unlikely to change the outcome between outgoing U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and Rep.-elect Jared Golden. Read More
Bruce Poliquin, a two-term Republican, will have to pay for the hand recount to be conducted by Secretary of State Matt Dunlap’s office unless it changes the election outcome. Read More
The Maine secretary of state's office has published all the election results on its website — every ballot, every ranking in every town. It's all there in massive data files that can be inspected and downloaded. Read More
It is reasonable to ask questions about any irregularity, but unfounded allegations of widespread “doubt and confusion” don’t serve the public. Read More
There have only been a few revotes in U.S. political history — including in a deadlocked New Hampshire race from the 1970s — and they came in extraordinary situations. Read More
Attorneys for Bruce Poliquin asked a judge to order a new election if he does not grant an injunction declaring ranked-choice voting unconstitutional and Poliquin the winner in Maine's 2nd District. Read More
The new election was requested in an amended complaint filed about 10 p.m. in U.S. District Court in Bangor, a day after Poliquin asked the Maine secretary of state for a hand recount of votes in the Nov. 6 midterm election. Read More
After his historic loss in a ranked-choice count earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District has asked for the state’s first recount using the new method, which is unlikely to reverse the outcome and is expected to take four weeks. Read More
Rep. Bruce Poliquin is right about at least one thing in his seemingly uphill legal fight against Maine’s new ranked-choice voting system: clarity from the federal courts would be good for Maine. Read More
Legal challenges aside, some observers see potential for Maine’s historic election to set a national trend. Read More
Maine House Democrats at their leadership caucus on Friday chose to keep Rep. Sara Gideon of Freeport as House speaker and elected Rep. Matt Moonen as majority leader with Rep. Ryan Fecteau as assistant majority leader. Read More
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin's lawyers have asked the federal judge considering whether Maine's ranked-choice system violates the U.S. Constitution to make a decision before the Dec. 14 deadline when election results must arrive at the U.S. House of Representatives. Read More
The dust is clearing after Thursday’s historic ranked-choice ballot count delivered victory to Democrat Jared Golden in Maine’s hotly contested 2nd Congressional District race against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin. Read More
Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden defeated U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in a ranked-choice count in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District that finished on Thursday and is the subject of an uphill challenge in federal court by the Republican incumbent. Read More
A federal judge Thursday morning denied U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s motion to stop tabulation of ballots in the ranked-choice vote to determine who will serve the 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House. But the judge allowed the underlying lawsuit to go forward. Read More
U.S. District Judge Lance Walker’s ruling came about 90 minutes before Dunlap’s office was expected to determine the winner of the Nov. 6 election. Read More
Maine’s secretary of state said tallying ranked-choice votes from the 2nd Congressional District will not be slowed in anticipation of a judge’s ruling that could halt the process or alter the outcome. Read More
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap joined the BDN for an "Ask Me Anything" edition of Dirigo Speaks at the Bangor Arts Exchange. Read More
