Legal Opinion
Baber v. Dunlap
District Court, D. Maine
Decided November 15, 2018No. Civil No. 1:18-CV-465-LEWPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lance E. Walker, United States District Judge
On November 6, 2018, the State of Maine conducted an election and presented voters with a ballot that asked them to rank their choices for who should be the people's representative for Maine's Second Congressional District. The congressional election was subject to Maine's Ranked-Choice Voting Act, 21 M.R.S. § 723-A. Defendant Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is invested with the duty to "tabulate the election returns and submit the tabulation to the Governor" no later than 20 days following the election. 21-A M.R.S. § 722.
On November 13, after…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Burdick v. TakushiSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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