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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Municipal Clerks Prepare For Historic Ranked-Choice Election
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:01
	Publish Date:		2018-06-07 14:38:04
	Description:		The ranked-choice voting system is forcing candidates to think about how they are campaigning, and it will also make voters think twice about their choice. But perhaps no group has more to think about than municipal clerks, the people who will conduct next week's vote. Whether you touch a screen, fill in an oval or put an X in a box, the way you vote changes next week. And that means changes for people like Sandra Fournier. "It's very stressful,” she says. Fournier is town clerk in Eagle Lake in far northern Maine. She also will be responsible for conducting elections in some of the nearby, unorganized townships. "And, of course, during, on election day we, we have to deal with a lot of different factors, as it is.” Fournier says she has to find space for poll watchers, she must train and monitor poll workers, and clerks are often the first line in enforcement for the laws that limit what candidates and their supporters can do and say around polling stations. But not all clerks are
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