Elections are the cornerstone of a functioning democracy, and the 2026 election cycle is already underway with several closely watched races across the country. In less than two weeks, voters in ...

Election season is officially underway in the nation's capital, but local voters will notice a major shift in how they cast ...

D.C.’s June primary election may be the District’s most consequential in decades. And it’s not just the races on the ballot that are significant, it’s also how they’ll be presented and how voters will ...

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 ...

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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.

If you want more civility in the governor's race, there may be a solution. If you want to make sure the top two vote-getters are from different parties, there may be a solution. It's called the ...

David Jones led reporters through a sample ballot at the State House Monday — the latest instance of a candidate in Maine's ...

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Civic engagement leaders in Washington call on the state to adopt rank choice voting as a way to secure voting rights against changes to the federal Voting Rights Act. Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ...

That quiet whimpering you hear is the sound of Democrats, astonished at the notion that two Republicans just might become the finalists in the governor’s race. The latest poll shows two GOPers — ...

Top choice: Having candidates to vote for rather than against. Choice #2: Having more candidates to choose among. Choice #3: Being able to vote for more than one candidate, in order of preference.