Elections in Maine
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Election results in Maine comprise voting for local, gubernatorial and federal public offices, members of the state legislature, as well as ballot measures. Congressional elections are held every even year (2012, 2014, 2016), and gubernatorial ones every off-presidential even year (2010, 2014, 2018).
The results of the elections are often
Maine has used the
Maine is the first state to introduce ranked choice voting in elections, and became the first to use it in a presidential election in 2020.[6]
In a 2020 study, Maine was ranked as the 14th easiest state for citizens to vote in.[7]
Voting method
Maine used the
Since its enactment, numerous attempts have been made to repeal the act, or delay its effects. After the act was passed in 2016, legislators voted for the suspension of the law until December 2021, thus making it inoperative until the
See also
- 2020 Maine elections
- Maine § Law and government
- United States presidential elections in Maine
- As Maine goes, so goes the nation
- Governor of Maine § Elections and terms of office
- Electoral reform in Maine
- Women's suffrage in Maine
- Elections in New England
References
- ^ "Maine Presidential Election Voting History". 270toWin.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ "Split Electoral Votes in Maine and Nebraska". 270toWin.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ "Split Electoral Votes in Maine and Nebraska". 270toWin.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ FairVote.org. "Timeline of RCV in Maine". FairVote. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- S2CID 225139517. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Citizens? Guide to the 2016 Maine Referendum Election available online". www.maine.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ FairVote.org. "Timeline of RCV in Maine". FairVote. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "Secretary Dunlap issues petitions for people's veto of ranked choice voting law". www.maine.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "Ranked-choice voting people's veto effort found valid with 66,687 signatures". www.maine.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "Supreme Court decision confirms Secretary Dunlap's plan to implement ranked-choice voting". www.maine.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "Maine to use ranked voting for president after repeal fails". AP NEWS. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
External links
- Elections & Voting division of the Maine Secretary of State
- Maine at Ballotpedia
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Maine", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Maine: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- "League of Women Voters of Maine". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, "Maine 2019 & 2020 Elections", OpenSecrets. (Also: 1995 & 1996, 1997 & 1998, 1999 & 2000, 2001 & 2002, 2003 & 2004, 2005 & 2006, 2007 & 2008, 2009 & 2010, 2011 & 2012, 2013 & 2014, 2015 & 2016, 2017 & 2018).
- Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Maine elections
- "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures,
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020