Maine Democrats may be unable to rank presidential primary under proposed DNC rule

By: Kaitlyn Budion

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 1,238

Last Updated: 4 days, 7 hours ago

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Maine Democratic leaders are raising alarms after a national party committee gave initial approval to a rule that would prevent the state from using ranked choice voting in presidential primaries.

Ahead of the full Democratic National Committee meeting Aug. 13-15, the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee has met several times to finalize the 2028 presidential primary delegate selection process.

That included a meeting in May where the committee voted 28-14 to add new …

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