Rep. Poliquin's campaign raises concerns over handling of ballots in ranked-choice voting process

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Source: Portland Press Herald

U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s campaign on Saturday said it’s clear the congressman won a third term in Tuesday’s election and expressed concerns about the handling of ballots during the ranked-choice voting tabulation now underway in Augusta.

Brendan Conley, a spokesman for Poliquin, said the concerns are related to the ballots and ballot boxes that arrived in Augusta, including some that were missing locks.

“There is also a report of a clerk at the Bangor polling station who was tabulating absentee ballots on her own and without any election monitoring, which is illegal,” Conley said in an email. “These are certainly concerning.”

But Maine’s top election official, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, said Saturday night those concerns appear to be unfounded and that “trying to delegitimize the election process is a bit reckless at this point.”

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[Soxfan58]

1. He knows

He is going to lose.

[paleotn]

2. Waa! Waa! Waa, waa, waa!

Sorry, but the people of Maine have spoken. No more plurality assholes like Lepage. Personally, I think rank choice should be the rule nation wide. You serve by a majority of the voters or you don't serve at all. No more independent spoilers.

[cstanleytech]

4. Plus it encourages the person elected to work for everyone in their

district and or state rather than just the ones in their party and if they fail to do that then they will end up having to look for a new job.

[Maine-i-acs]

3. Love it, love it - he and Gov. leRage giving the FU to their constituents on the way out. Irony:

RCV was voted on by referendum and the voters and SOS put it into place legally.
It was designed to prevent crackpots like Gov. LeRage from being elected without a plurality (he got 38% in his first election and won it)
So it's only fitting that it's used to get this weasel out of the way.
Congrats Jared Golden you will serve us well.

[crim son]

5. Oh yes, terribly concerning.

However, like your pal Collins, I'm not actually interested in doing anything about it.

[iluvtennis]

6. Nice animation from Maine Dept of Secretary of State on how ranked choice voting works...

...I'm sure peloquin wasn't the 2nd choice of those of whose 1st choice was one of the other candidates.