Laborious recount starts in Maine’s ranked-balloting race

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A recount in a Maine congressional race that used a new voting system where voters rank candidates on the ballot has officially begun.
State election officials on Thursday started the recount requested by Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the 2nd Congressional District.
The process is projected to take four weeks to complete. That’ll bring it nearly to the date that Democratic Rep.-elect Jared Golden is to be seated.
Poliquin won the first round of votes a