Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Tuesday, voters will be able to rank their choice for candidates. Here's exactly how that system works, and how the votes are ...

Nine candidates for governor debate at an Augusta event hosted by the Maine Primary Care Association on March 18. Credit: Benjamin Kail / BDN Our political journalists are based in the Maine State ...

WASHINGTON — Leading up to Tuesday's primary elections, D.C. voters have been bombarded not only by political campaigns, but also by reminders that this time around, they will be making decisions ...

Mainers decided to begin using ranked-choice voting in elections for the state Legislature, governor and federal offices all the way back in November of 2016 — the first state in the nation to do so.

A bill banning ranked choice voting in Indiana, which the state doesn’t utilize as a voting method, passed out of the Senate Tuesday. Senate Bill 12, authored by State Sen. Blake Doriot, R-Goshen, ...