On September 11, Maine Governor Paul LePage, an opponent of ranked choice voting, vetoed LD 1925, a supplemental appropriation to pay for election administration for the November election. On September 12, the House sustained his veto. All of the votes in the House to sustain the veto were cast by Republicans.

In response, the Secretary of State says he will use funds that had been appropriated for other future projects, because, as he said, “The election must go on.” See this story. Thanks to Electionline for this news.

On September 12, Rhode Island held primaries. The three ballot-qualified parties are Democratic, Republican, and Moderate. But because there were no primary contests in the Moderate Party, the state did not print primary ballots for it. Its nominee for Governor, William H. Gilbert, must poll 5% of the vote in the general election, or the party will cease to be ballot-qualified.

On September 12, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg heard witnesses in Curling v Kemp, n.d., 1:17cv-2989. This is the case over Georgia’s vote-counting machines, which don’t leave a paper trail. The judge said she would rule on Friday, September 14, or Monday, September 17, on whether the machines can be used one more time, in November 2018. See this story.