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PublishedSeptember 12, 2019
Democratic front-runners clash in debate over health care, immigration – and Obama
Thursday's debate shows that Democrats are still divided over what the party stands for, beyond opposing President Trump.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2019
Some states will cancel Republican primaries to smooth Trump’s nomination, not N.H.
The New Hampshire primary can only be cancelled by changing a state law.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2019
Deadline nears for Mills to decide on ranked-choice voting for president
The governor has until midnight Friday to act on a bill to extend Maine's ranked-choice voting system to presidential elections and primaries. She can sign it, veto it or let it become law without her signature.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2019
Bernie Sanders to stump in Maine on Sunday and Monday
The Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate will be in Portland for a Sunday night rally and a meeting with union workers on Labor Day.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2019
Maine Senate passes ranked-choice voting for March presidential primaries
The bill is now in the hands of Gov. Janet Mills, who won her Democratic gubernatorial primary last year in the nation's first ranked-choice runoff for a statewide office.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2019
Presidential primaries, automatic voter registration among election-law changes
But lawmakers defeated several attempts to change the citizen initiative process and the ranked-choice voting that was used statewide in Maine for the first time last year.
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PublishedJune 20, 2019
Presidential primary bill passes but bonds falter as legislative session ends
Weary lawmakers, who worked until roughly 6:30 a.m. Thursday before adjourning the 2019 legislative session, may be called back to complete unfinished work.
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PublishedJune 3, 2019
Maine Senate endorses shifting to presidential primary elections
If approved, the legislation would move Maine toward using party primaries instead of caucuses for signaling voters' preferences.
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