U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin, New England's lone Republican member of Congress, is asking a federal court to stop the Maine Secretary of State from continuing a count of second and third choices of the third-place and fourth-place finishers in the race, saying ranked-choice voting violates the federal constitution.
Poliquin, a Republican, won a plurality of votes on election day last week, but fell short of a majority. Under Maine's ranked-choice system of voting approved in 2016, that me
U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin, New England's lone Republican member of Congress, is asking a federal court to stop the Maine Secretary of State from continuing a count of second and third choices of the third-place and fourth-place finishers in the race, saying ranked-choice voting violates the federal constitution.
Poliquin, a Republican, won a plurality of votes on election day last week, but fell short of a majority. Under Maine's ranked-choice system of voting approved in 2016, that me…
