ranked-choice voting

As the closing of polls nears, Maine may warrant the most attention in New England for the national impact its 2020 races could have. For one, voters this year have and will cast ballots in a closely-watched U.S. Senate race, as incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins attempts to defend her seat in a four-way battle. In a Colby College poll…

Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito plan to vote against the ballot question that would implement a ranked-choice system for Massachusetts elections, their campaign announced Tuesday. “At a time when we need to be promoting turnout and making it easier for voters to cast their ballots, we worry that question two will add an additional layer of complication…

After a Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling last week that ranked-choice voting could be used in this year’s presidential election, there’s an effort to take the issue to federal courts. On Thursday, attorneys for Maine’s Secretary of State and opponents of ranked-choice voting, including the state’s Republican Party, will argue in front of the Supreme Judicial Court on whether...

Maine is set to become the first state in the nation to use ranked choice voting in a presidential election. In a decision that came out on Tuesday, Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court overturned a lower court ruling on the validity of signatures that would have put a people’s veto on ranked choice in front of voters. If that had...

Maine election officials began determining the winner of a Republican primary for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on Friday using ranked-choice voting. Former state Rep. Dale Crafts won Tuesday’s initial round of voting but did not crack 50% of the vote, which triggers a ranked runoff under Maine law. A spokeswoman for the Maine Department of the Secretary...

A proposed ballot question that would overhaul the state’s electoral system has cleared another hurdle on the way to next year’s ballot. The group Voter Choice for Massachusetts is pushing what is called a ranked-choice voting system. On Wednesday, the group said they have submitted more than enough voter signatures to move the question along. Under the proposed system,...