The House of Representatives on April 5 failed to pass a bill that would have created a ballot question asking…
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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…
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature convened on March 22 for the first of two scheduled sessions this week. The…
Advocates of ranked-choice voting again seek to expand the use of the voting system in Maine, this time hoping to…
With more than 90% of the votes counted in Massachusetts, it appears that the initiative to implement Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV)…
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.…
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…
Four Maine citizens filed a lawsuit late last week against Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, Attorney General Aaron Frey and…
A coalition of state-based think tanks launched a new nationwide campaign Friday to educate voters about the pitfalls of ranked-choice…
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…
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…
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…
In November of 2014, Governor Paul LePage (R) won re-election to his post as the Governor of the state of…
Last week I spoke at a forum during Constitution Week at Husson University. Liberals are constantly attacking our Constitution, but…
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 2010, then-Mayor Paul LePage managed to win the governorship with roughly 38 percent of the vote, prompting a group…
We have made progress to lower the income tax, fight the drug epidemic, create jobs and get Mainers more involved…
At a recent political event, I was confronted by a ranked choice voting supporter who was looking to spread awareness…