PoliticsOur political journalists are based in the Maine State House and have deep source networks across the partisan spectrum in communities all over the state. Democratic lawmakers in Maine alongside ranked-choice voting advocates are fighting a proposal by the national party that would restrict the process in 2028’s presidential primaries. Maine was the first to adopt ranked-choice voting in presidential elections in 2020, expanding its use to presidential primaries four years later. He said in a May meeting that he does not support ranked-choice voting broadly. The 15% threshold has been easily addressed in other states’ ranked-choice voting rounds by eliminating candidates and stopping once all are above it, Will Mantell, a spokesperson for FairVote, retorted.