Elections 2016

Rank Choice Voting passes in Knox and Waldo counties

Results for Knox and Waldo counties
Wed, 11/09/2016 - 4:30am

    The margin for passage of Question 5, the Citizen’s Initiative to vote for candidates by a rank choice system, was more slim in Waldo County than in Knox County, but at the end of the day, both counties’ totals came in to support the measure.

    Question 5: Citizen's Initiative
    Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?

    Knox County

    QUESTION 5 - RANK CHOICE VOTING
    Yes No
    Appleton 419 419
    Camden 2,222 1,129
    Cushing 404 445
    Friendship 315 409
    Hope 553 466
    Isle au Haut - -
    Matinicus 29 19
    North Haven 181 103
    Owls Head 490 505
    Rockland 2,063 1,405
    Rockport 1,363 910
    St. George 879 729
    South Thomaston 470 420
    Thomaston 790 683
    Union 641 684
    Vinalhaven 462 297
    Warren 958 1,141
    Washington 457 465
    TOTAL 12,696 10,229

     Waldo County

    QUESTION 5 - RANK CHOICE VOTING Yes No
    Belfast 2,234 1,567
    Belmont 240 318
    Brooks - -
    Burnham - -
    Frankfort 275 373
    Freedom 214 204
    Islesboro 270 140
    Jackson 149 172
    Knox 175 273
    Liberty 246 298
    Lincolnville 899 620
    Monroe - -
    Montville 332 290
    Morrill 218 305
    Northport 549 456
    Palermo 380 472
    Prospect 183 210
    Searsmont 406 414
    Searsport 742 763
    Stockton Springs 460 540
    Swanville 361 410
    Thorndike 204 222
    Troy 269 287
    Unity 553 483
    Waldo 207 263
    Winterport 953 1,255
    TOTAL 10,782 10,713