Anonymous ID: fa2b83 Nov. 28, 2018, 12:06 p.m. No.4062562   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Losing GOP rep wants new election if results aren't overturned

Poliquin's race against Golden was the first use of ranked balloting in a congressional election. Under the system, voters rank candidates from first to last.

 

Neither Poliquin nor Golden won a majority of votes on Election Day. As a result, the lowest-finishing candidates were eliminated and their votes were reallocated to whoever was ranked second on those ballots.

 

Golden narrowly pulled ahead in the race based on the distribution of ranked-choice votes and was declared the winner on Nov. 15.

 

Poliquin filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the tabulation of ranked-choice ballots and arguing he should be declared the winner since he received the most first-place votes. Walker ruled against his efforts and allowed the vote count to proceed.

 

A spokesman for Poliquin's campaign said at the time that the representative would proceed with “constitutional concerns” about the ranked-choice system even if he had won reelection.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/418688-losing-gop-rep-wants-new-election-if-results-arent-overturned