Rep. Jared Golden comes out ahead through Maine's ranked choice voting but recount looms
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden came out ahead in the congressional race through Maine’s ranked choice system, election officials said Friday. His opponent requested a recount. If the results stand it would be the third time in four elections in the hotly contested district that Golden won after votes were retabulated because first choices failed to produce a majority for any candidate.
Golden wins Maine's 2nd Congressional District race after ranked choice vote count
Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has emerged victorious after the state conducted its ranked choice runoff for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
Ranked-Choice Voting Rejected in Statewide Ballots
Alongside high-profile races last week, voters in several states also decided on ballot measures, including ranked-choice voting. While political
Portland’s 1st ranked-choice election reshaped races — but vote reallocation made little difference
Exhaustion rates also increase when more candidates run, Drutman and Santucci both said. They also said far more candidates tend to run in the first ranked-choice election than afterward, indicating that exhaustion rates in Portland are likely to shrink in future races.
Why Result in US House Hinge on Ranked-Choice Voting
The vast majority of elections in the US are guided by plurality rule: Each voter selects one candidate, and the person with the most votes wins. Critics say this system, while simple to grasp, means voters can’t fully express their views when more than two candidates are running for an office.
Golden declared winner after ranked-choice run-off for Maine’s 2nd District
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden won the ranked choice vote with 50.35% for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which election officials determined Friday through a tabulation process that took four days.
Court strikes down Evanston’s ranked choice voting effort
A Cook County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday nullified the 2022 referendum that Evanston voters passed in support of a ranked choice voting system, siding
Golden wins ranked-choice runoff in Maine's 2nd Congressional District
But the campaign for Republican Austin Theriault immediately requested a hand recount, meaning the winner likely won't be officially declared until December.
Ranked choice vote tabulation for Maine's 2nd Congressional District could conclude soon
AUGUSTA, Maine — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and her team are still working to complete ranked choice vote tabulations to finalize election results for Maine's second Congressional District.
Ranked Voting Will Decide a Pivotal Congressional Race. How Does That Work?
In a pivotal congressional race in Maine, the state's ranked choice voting system is being used this week 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,
Here's how Maine's ranked choice tabulation works, as it will decide CD2 race
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows explained the process as it started to play out on Tuesday, sharing how the second-choice votes of about 12,000 people will determine the winner.
Ranked choice voting dealt blow by voters, rejected in numerous states
Ranked choice voting measures were rejected in four states on Election Day, including Colorado, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada. In ...
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Ranked choice voting initiatives fared poorly in the West. Experts point to complexity, lack of clear ‘why’
There are many political differences between Nevada, Oregon, Colorado and Idaho, but their voters had a common answer when ...
Margins continue to tighten for Alaska ballot measure seeking to repeal ranked choice voting
Alaska elections officials added more than 8,500 ballots to the statewide count Wednesday afternoon, but the new ballots didn ...
Golden holds off challenge in Maine, denying House GOP a key pickup
Maine, has defeated his Republican challenger, Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver and northern Maine native, The Associated Press derclared Friday.