Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Tuesday, voters will be able to rank their choice for candidates. Here's exactly how that system works, and how the votes are ...

Contrary to popular belief, ranked choice is easy to understand. In fact, it's so easy to understand that a caveman can do it. Also, it's so easy to understand that Mr. Beat can explain it in under a ...

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Ranked choice voting tabulations are continuing Tuesday in Augusta, but the Secretary of State's office says they're close to getting results.

Proponents say the practice reduces partisanship, while critics say it is confusing and expensive. By Nick Corasaniti Maine is one of just two states in the country to use ranked-choice voting for ...

The petition calls for a referendum on ranked choice voting in City of Albany elections. It now heads to the Albany Common Council.

WASHINGTON, DC (7News) — Election season is officially underway in the nation's capital, but local voters will notice a major shift in how they cast their ballots this year. For the June 16, 2026 ...

Officials expect the Democratic and Republican governor’s races and the four-way Democratic 2nd Congressional District primary to head to ranked-choice counts.

A decade ago, ranked choice voting was one of the most fiercely contested reforms in the colorful history of Maine politics. Now, as voters head to the polls on primary day in the Pine Tree State, RCV ...

Just as secretary of state officials seemed confident that the end was near, a host of unexpected delays kept pushing back ...

A new SurveyUSA poll finds overwhelming majorities of DC voters say ranked choice voting was easy, support using it, and want independents included in taxpayer-funded primaries.

Nine candidates for governor debate at an Augusta event hosted by the Maine Primary Care Association on March 18. Credit: Benjamin Kail / BDN Our political journalists are based in the Maine State ...