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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine's elections chief, a former civil liberties attorney who sparred with President-elect Donald Trump over ballot access, is acting like a play-by-play sports announcer as she describes the state's process of determining a congressional winner through ranked choice voting.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- In a pivotal congressional race in Maine, the state's ranked choice voting system is being used this week to determine the winner, but that won't be the end of it. The currently trailing candidate has requested a full recount that won't begin until after more than 12,000 votes have been reallocated to determine a majority.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Mainers were smitten by the state's original flag during the 2020 bicentennial. But the retro flag's popularity wasn't enough to convince voters to make it the state's official flag.