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Voters in several states last week delivered a stinging rebuke to ranked choice voting, clouding the future of an idea that ...

It's been more than a week since Portland voters took part in the city's first ranked-choice election, and the results — at ...

Ranked choice voting, which Maine voters adopted in 2016 ... aiming to deliver final results before a Nov. 25 certification ...

By Matthew Gagnon This week, Maine is once again coming face to face with the foolishness of its decision to adopt ...

A coalition of gun groups has filed a lawsuit claiming that Maine's new 72-hour waiting period for firearms purchases is ...

Full stop. The reason why we’re able to celebrate this indisputable fact is thanks to charter reform and ranked choice voting ...

Portlanders now know the probable winners of a dozen seats on the 2025 City Council. It’s a diverse group. The 12 include ...

The FOX 12 Investigates team discovered that as of the most recent tabulations, 21%, or about one-in-five Portlanders who cast a ballot, did not vote for any city council candidates. That equates to ...

Proportional ranked-choice voting in Portland, Ore. allowed the city to “get a diverse array of candidates elected from the ...

Ballots were dropped, but voter participation dropped, too. Photo: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

In a pivotal congressional race in Maine, the state’s ranked choice voting system is being used to determine the winner, but ...