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Democratic Rep. Jared Golden wins through Maine’s ranked choice voting
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to Congress through Maine’s ranked choice system on Friday. It’s the third time in four elections in the hotly contested district that Golden won after votes were retabulated because first choices failed to...
Maine elections chief who drew Trump's ire narrates House tabulations in livestream
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s elections chief, a former civil liberties advocate who sparred with President-elect Donald Trump over ballot access, is acting like a play-by-play sports announcer as she describes the state’s process of determining a congressional winner through ranked choice...
Ranked voting will decide a pivotal congressional race. How does that work?
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — In a pivotal congressional race in Maine, the state's ranked choice voting system is being used to determine the winner, but that won't be the end of it. The currently trailing candidate has requested a full recount that won't begin until after more than 12,000 votes have...
Ranked voting tabulation in pivotal Maine congressional race to begin Tuesday
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A ranked-choice voting tabulation aimed at determining the winner of a key congressional race in Maine will start on Tuesday with scanning of ballots into a computer at a centralized location, with a goal of having results by week's end, the state's top election official...
Bucking national trends, a third of Maine towns still count ballots by hand
When polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5, six trained election clerks in New Vineyard, a town of about 700 in Franklin County, will start counting ballots by hand. There are 13 questions on New Vineyard voters’ ballots: eight races for county, state and federal positions and five state referendum...
AP Elections Top 25: The people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close — in several different ways, including many submitted a few weeks before polls even open. They will choose a president, members of Congress and thousands of state...
Cornel West cleared to appear on ballot in Maine, where ranked voting is in play
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Cornel West can appear on the ballot in Maine, the state's secretary of state has ruled. Shenna Bellows' decision came Tuesday, about a week after the withdrawal of a challenge to another long-shot candidate, Robert F....
