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June 13, 2018

Maine Gov. Threatens Not to Certify Primary Results over Ranked-Choice Voting
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Back in the United States, voters went to the polls Tuesday for
primaries in Virginia, South Carolina, Maine, Nevada and North Dakota.
In Maine, voters used a new type of voting system-ranked-choice voting,
which allows voters to rank their preferred candidates in order of
preference. On Tuesday, Maine residents voted to also use this system
for upcoming federal elections. But Maine Republican Governor Paul Le
Page is now threatening not to certify the results of Tuesday's primary
because of the ranked-choice voting.

Gov. Paul Le Page: "The most horrific thing in the world. I will
probably not certify the election. I will leave it up to the courts to
decide."



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