Monthly Archives: February 2016

The Mainer at the Center of the Cold War

As a blog about Maine’s connections to the world, I would be remiss not to cover the roles individuals from the Pine Tree State have played in U.S. foreign policy. There may be no better person to start with than former Governor of Maine, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State, Edmund Muskie. Muskie was […]

Ranked Choice Voting in Other Countries

One of the issues the people of Maine will be voting on in November is voting itself. The ballot will include a question on whether to adopt ranked choice voting, a member of the larger “preferential” voting system category where voters mark their preference for multiple candidates. Ranked choice voting seeks to end the practice of […]