Here's how Maine's ranked choice tabulation works

Ranked choice vote tabulation for Maine's 2nd Congressional District continues
On Wednesday, votes from Aroostook, Washington, and Oxford Counties were verified, leaving votes in eight more counties for Bellows and her team to examine.
'This is a very open process:' Ranked choice count begins in Maine 2nd District race
One week after Election Day, Maine's Second District Congressional race is still up in the air, as a ranked choice count is now underway.
Maine ranked choice count continues Thursday in contested congressional race
A ranked-choice voting tabulation aimed at determining the winner of a key congressional race in Maine will continue on Thursday, with the possibility of having final results by the end of the workday or sometime on Friday,
Ranked choice voting for CD2 begins
The race for Maine's 2nd Congressional District has now officially gone to ranked choice voting. That tabulation process began in Augusta Tuesday afternoon.
Maine's 2nd District race awaits winner as ranked choice count continues
It is well past Election Day and there is still no winner in the race for Maine's Second Congressional District.
Toss-up Maine House race moves to ranked-choice tabulation with Golden, Theriault separated by 1,414 votes
The Maine 2nd Congressional District race between incumbent Democrat Rep. Jared Golden and Republican challenger Austin Theriault is heading to a ranked-choice tabulation.
Ranked choice voting for CD2 set to begin Tuesday
All ranked-choice voting and recount materials have been collected by law enforcement from municipalities in the Congressional 2nd District.
Ranked choice runoff begins in Maine's tight 2nd District congressional race
Maine's secretary of state began a ranked choice runoff in Maine's 2nd Congressional District race Tuesday afternoon, launching what will likely be a dayslong process to determine the winner in one of the most competitive U.
Ranked choice tabulation that will determine winner of CD2 race set to begin
Although Jared Golden and Austin Theriault were only two candidates on the ballot, neither of them got more than 50% of the vote and there was a third declared write-in candidate who received some votes.
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Ranked choice runoff set to begin in tight 2nd District congressional race
The ranked choice tabulation in the race between U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and state Rep. Austin Theriault will start at ...
Maine race for Congress: Jared Golden, Austin Theriault going to ranked choice runoff
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden locked in a tight race for re-election against Republican state Rep. Austin Theriault in ...
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Why Jared Golden’s win over Austin Theriault will survive ranked-choice voting
By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff The closest congressional race in modern Maine history is going to a ...