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Maine Supreme Court Tosses Ranked-Preference Voting

Matthew McDonald

The Maine Supreme Court unanimously ruled that ranked-preference statewide elections violate the state's constitution. The measure, which Maine voters approved in a 2016 ballot question, is favored by political activists who support fringe candidates who can't get enough first-choice votes to be elected but might be able to cobble together enough support to win if second-choice or third-choice preferences were taken into account.

Student Activists: Boston University Alumni Last Best Hope of Mankind
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Student Activists: Boston University Alumni Last Best Hope of Mankind

Evan Lips

BOSTON — Student activists at Boston University, frustrated with being stonewalled by administrators as part of their quest to convince the school to divest from all endowment-related holdings in fossil fuels, appear to have adopted a new tactic.

The focus, according to a recent Facebook post, will now be on convincing wealthy alumni to withhold making donations to BU until the activists' demands are met.

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