Current Events > Republican Congressman LOSER wants Trump appointed judge to OVERTURN ELECTION!!

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Republican Congressman Loser, Bruce Poliquin is asking a federal judge to order a new election if he declines to invalidate Maine's new voting system and declare him the WINNER!!

Judge Lance Walker declined to stop the ballot counting process in which Democrat Jared Golden was declared the winner in the nation's first ranked balloting in a congressional election

Poliquin wants the Trump appointed judge to declare the system unconstitutional and he demands the judge declare him the winner or order a second election made late Tuesday after he already requested a recount

Dmitry Barn, a specialist in constitutional law said the updated filing provides a new remedy for the judge who expressed concern about the fairness of changing the election outcome after voters cast their ballots a certain way relying on a new voting system

It's still an uphill battle because the judge is unmoved by the arguments and time is running out

The voting system which was approved in 2016 lets voters rank all candidates on the ballot. Last place finishers are eliminated and votes reassigned if no candidate emerges as a majority winner in the first round of tallies.

Both Poliquin and Golden got 46% of first place votes and neither got a majority.

Poliquin won the first round by 2000 votes but the lead evaporated after additional voting as Golden emerged victorious by 3500 votes after trailing 2 candidates who were eliminated and their supporters second choices were reassigned to him.

Kyle Bailey who led the campaign for ranked voting said the Republican is working through is "5 stages of grief over his election"

Poliquin maintains its his responsibility to ensure that every vote in the 2nd Congressional District race was "legally cast and legally counted". The ranked system is only used for federal races and statewide primary elections but not in governor or legislative races as Democratic elect Janet Mills plans to amend the constitution to use this in all elections.

Do you think the Judge should overturn this, crown Poliquin the winner or end this?

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what's a federal judge got to do with state election laws? you'd think republicans would hate the idea of the federal government trampling the constitution...
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I think ranked voting is a better overall way yo do elections than "pick one, even if you like both or neither"
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He agreed to the ranked voting system when he entered the race.
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DarthGravid posted...

He agreed to the ranked voting system when he entered the race.

fake news, you cant prove that.
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