Poliquin files federal lawsuit to stop ranked-choice count in Maine's 2nd District

[book_worm]

AUGUSTA, Maine (BDN/WGME) -- U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and three supporters sued Maine’s secretary of state on Tuesday to stop an ongoing ranked-choice ballot count and declare him the winner in his re-election race against Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden.

The 25-page complaint that Poliquin, a two-term Republican from Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, filed in U.S. District Court claims that the state’s ranked-choice voting system — enshrined by voters in 2016 — violates the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

https://wgme.com/news/local/rep-bruce-poliquin-files-federal-lawsuit-to-stop-ranked-choice-voting-counting

[Wounded Bear]

1. Yeah, can't have the voters making decisions that might cost him his job...

what do they think? That this is some kind of democracy or something?

[bluedigger]

2. It was inevitable that this would be challenged.

Get it over with, and seat Golden.

[Blue_true]

3. Republicans

Never a dull moment with those shitbags. He knew the rules coming into the race and was ok with them until he lost.

[sunonmars]

4. and that is how the courts should look at it.