The race for Maine's 2nd Congressional District has now officially gone to ranked choice voting. That tabulation process ...

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

A ranked-choice voting tabulation aimed at determining the winner of a key congressional race in Maine will start on Tuesday ...

The ranked choice tabulation in the contest between U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and state Rep. Austin Theriault started at 1 p.m. in Augusta; it is expected to take 3 to 5 days to complete.

Alaska and Maine already use ranked-choice voting, which supporters say could lead to more moderate politics. But it has been ...

Rather than cast a single vote for their preferred candidate, voters rank their choices ... number of first-choice votes ultimately prevailing. Maine adopted ranked voting in elections in 2016 ...

The vast majority of elections in the US are guided by plurality rule: Each voter selects one candidate, and the person with ...

Maine is also one of two states, along with Alaska, that uses ranked choice voting. In ranked choice voting, voters rank candidates for an office in order of preference on the ballot. If no ...

As a result, this was the first time a Maine incumbent lost in over 100 years - demonstrating the rank-choice voting proponents’ claim that the system makes elections more competitive.

With Election Day quickly approaching, voters may find themselves confused by the concept of Ranked Choice Voting (RVC) and the purpose it serves. RVC is used in Maine and Alaska. It allows voters to ...