The House of Representatives on April 5 failed to pass a bill that would have created a ballot question asking…
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A bill to keep veterans’ homes in Machias and Caribou open was passed by the Senate and signed into law…
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate met on March 29 for the ninth legislative day of the 130th…
During a joint session of the Maine Legislature on March 24, the Senate finally passed 15 pieces of legislation. The…
Making our government more representative and fair is an idea both sides of the aisle can get behind.
Advocates of ranked-choice voting again seek to expand the use of the voting system in Maine, this time hoping to…
A poll released Monday by UMass Amherst and WCVB is showing a tightening race among Massachusetts voters on Ranked-Choice Voting…
A recent Ipsos poll asked 1,001 Massachusetts adults about a number of issues, including their thoughts about ranked-choice voting (RCV).…
In less than three weeks, or earlier if voting by absentee, you will be taking part in the 2020 election.…
In this election, Maine voters will become the first in any state to cast their ballots for president of the…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that ranked-choice voting must be used in the state’s upcoming presidential election, making…
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is challenging a decision issued last week by a Superior Court judge to allow a…
A judge ruled late Monday that the Maine Republican Party collected enough valid signatures to advance a people’s veto question…
Maine’s ranked-choice voting woes continue. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap announced Monday his office had to retabulate the July primary…
A recent report submitted for a ranked-choice voting (RCV) lawsuit in Maine highlights the deleterious effects of the system and…
On Tuesday morning, Rep. Dale Crafts officially secured the Republican nomination for the 2nd Congressional District in a ranked-choice vote…
The Maine Republican Party says it has collected enough signatures to challenge a new law expanding the use of ranked-choice…
The Committee on Ranked Choice Voting, one of the primary proponents of the new voting system brought to Maine in…
Throughout the country, including here in Colorado, special interests are promoting new voting systems that would change the way we…
The City of Portland – Maine’s most liberal municipality – tried to prevent the Maine GOP from collecting signatures at…
This op-ed was originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on February 9, 2020. In 2016, Maine voters approved a ballot initiative that established…
On Tuesday, February 4, the Maine Republican Party announced they are launching a People’s Veto campaign to repeal LD 1083.…
On Monday, Portland City Councilors voted unanimously to put a measure on the March 3, 2020 ballot that would allow…
On Tuesday, Portland residents went to the polls to cast their ballots to determine who will carry the progressive baton…
The following piece highlights The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s recent report “A False Majority: The Failed Experiment of Ranked-Choice Voting”…
Maine Governor Janet Mills decided Friday to let LD 1083, “An Act To Implement Ranked-choice Voting for Presidential Primary and…
Governor Janet Mills has until the end of the day Friday to decide on the fate of LD 1083, a…
This week, Portland city officials notified Fair Elections Portland, a pro-ranked-choice voting group, that they did not acquire enough signatures…
The Maine Legislature reconvened on Monday to consider four bond proposals that failed to garner enough votes for passage in…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center today released its newest report, “A False Majority: The Failed Experiment of Ranked-Choice Voting.” The…
Lawmakers are considering a flurry of ballot initiative reforms this session, from requiring signatures to be collected in both congressional…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee today will consider a bill that would amend the Maine Constitution to…
Lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee on Wednesday considered a bill that would allow political parties in Maine…
Dear Honorable Members of the 128th Legislature: Under the authority vested in me by Article IV, Part Third, Section 2…
The founders recognized that it is in man’s nature to become seduced by the siren songs of power and privilege.…
The days are winding down until the June 12th primary elections take place, and negativity has intensified among the candidates.…
Advocates of ranked-choice voting (RCV) commonly claim that their preferred method of deciding elections boosts civic engagement, channels the true…
Yesterday, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced that “ranked-choice voting can’t occur in June without legislative action.” This was…
The Maine Legislature voted on Monday to delay the implementation of ranked-choice voting until December 2021, meaning ranked-choice voting could…
For those who attended or streamed the public hearing for LD 1646, “An Act to Bring Maine’s Ranked-Choice Voting Law…
A bill to implement ranked-choice voting in Maine, LD 1646, introduced by Kent Ackley, I-Monmouth, received public hearing yesterday at…
The Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs will convene on Monday, Oct. 16 to hold a public hearing on LD…
Mainers seem to take voting more seriously than citizens of other states. Our 2014 voter participation topped the nation at 59.3…
Maine voters narrowly passed Question 5, the Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) initiative, last November, and the proposal has encountered turbulence since…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, and try again… with all of the money and misinformation you can accumulate.…
Maine voters faced a number of far-reaching ballot initiatives last November, including Question 5, which enacted Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) in…
In November of 2014, Governor Paul LePage (R) won re-election to his post as the Governor of the state of…
Question 5 on the November ballot is asking Mainers to replace traditional elections with a voting scheme that would give…
Clare Hudson Payne’s June 9 BDN OpEd in support of ranked-choice voting is an example of what happens when people do not…
Yesterday, Secretary Dunlap announced the ballot order of referendum questions for the upcoming November 8, 2016 election. The order was…
In 2016, Maine may become the first state to adopt ranked choice voting (RCV) for its state and national elections.…