Maine Counts Ranked Choice Ballots to Determine Nominees for Governor and a US House Race

Ranked Choice Voting Stalls Official Call In DC Mayor’s Race

By Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2026 While it appears unlikely the Democrat mayoral primary in the District of Columbia will go to a second round of vote tallies, a winner hasn’t been called as of Wednesday afternoon despite one candidate holding a majority of the vote. The race would likely have been called for Janeese Lewis George, a D.C. councilmember who is aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, if the city had not ado…

Mail-in ballots delay naming winner of District’s mayoral primary

Batches of uncounted mail-in votes left D.C. residents without a clear answer Wednesday to the question of who will be the city's next mayor.

Chair of DC elections gives update on tabulating ranked choice votes

Tuesday’s D.C. primary was the first time ranked choice voting was used in the District. That means the final vote counts are going to take a while.

Deep-red state wrapped race calls before DC started counting, despite same poll deadline

Voters in Alabama knew the outcomes of their Tuesday night elections hours before officials in D.C. began releasing results despite both jurisdictions officially closing their polls at the same time.Both D.C. and Alabama were scheduled to officially close their polling stations at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday night. Alabama counted the vast majority of its votes within about an hour, with the Associated Press calling them at 8:40 p.m. and 9…

Ranked choice voting: how it works in D.C. and when we'll know the projected winners

The District's first election with ranked choice voting (RCV) is in the books and several contests don't yet have a projected winner.

Ranked-choice tabulations are underway in Maine, but it's not as fun as you may think

State election officials have to tabulate thousands of ballots sent from around the state in order to determine critical races.