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Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 08:52 PM Dec 2018

Maine governor deems congressional election 'stolen' while certifying result

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Source: CNN

November's congressional election in Maine marked the first time in US history the ranked-choice voting system determined the outcome of a congressional race. The new state law mandates ranked-choice tabulation be applied in any federal race in which no candidate receives a majority of the vote.
Democratic Rep-elect Jared Golden was projected by CNN as the winner of the election in Maine's second district with 50.6% of the vote, and his opponent, Rep. Bruce Poliquin, received 49.4% of the vote.


"Not only are the Governor's comments wrong, this is yet another attempt by the Maine GOP to undermine the will of Mainers, who twice voted to approve RCV," Golden said in a statement released Friday. "Maine people are tired of this kind of poor leadership -- which is why they voted for sweeping change in November."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/28/politics/maine-governor-certifies-congressional-election/index.html




Stolen? Now you know how democrats felt about the 16' general election..dim bulb


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Maine governor deems congressional election 'stolen' while certifying result (Original Post) Maxheader Dec 2018 OP
What an asshole sakabatou Dec 2018 #1
So the rules only apply when Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #2
Goodbye, Paul LePageFromMeinKampf and Good Riddance! amb123 Dec 2018 #3
He's a petty little man. That's all. JDC Dec 2018 #4
Fuck you and yours this season, Paul LeDouche! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #5
Had Poliquin won, this whiney, precious little snowflake wouldn't have batted an eye. LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #6
I recently read that right after leaving office he is leaving the state GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #7
Sore loser! bitterross Dec 2018 #8
Well, he seems nice. flibbitygiblets Dec 2018 #9
Locking...duplicate Omaha Steve Dec 2018 #10

sakabatou

(42,082 posts)
1. What an asshole
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 08:58 PM
Dec 2018

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
2. So the rules only apply when
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 09:01 PM
Dec 2018

the GOP wins?????

amb123

(1,576 posts)
3. Goodbye, Paul LePageFromMeinKampf and Good Riddance!
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 09:06 PM
Dec 2018

JDC

(10,081 posts)
4. He's a petty little man. That's all.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 09:06 PM
Dec 2018

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
5. Fuck you and yours this season, Paul LeDouche!
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 09:22 PM
Dec 2018

That bullshittery right there ought to get him kicked out of the governorship.

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
6. Had Poliquin won, this whiney, precious little snowflake wouldn't have batted an eye.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 09:43 PM
Dec 2018

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
7. I recently read that right after leaving office he is leaving the state
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 09:51 PM
Dec 2018

And moving here to Florida! Damn it!

That is the reason Florida stays red...all the old, wealthy, white Northerners move here to retire.

It’s like we get a transfusion of hate every year!

The Villages are a cess pool of right wing politics.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
8. Sore loser!
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:00 PM
Dec 2018

He sure didn't object to the Electoral College-only "victory" of one Donald J. Trump.

The difference here, is the voters of Maine agreed to this by public referendum.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
9. Well, he seems nice.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:00 PM
Dec 2018

Omaha Steve

(99,055 posts)
10. Locking...duplicate
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:06 PM
Dec 2018
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