Code of Maine Rules
29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions
Chapter 536 - RULES ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING AND CONDUCTING RECOUNTS OF ELECTIONS DETERMINED BY RANKED-CHOICE VOTING
Section 250-536-2 - REQUESTING A RECOUNT

1. Deadline to request. Notwithstanding the deadline to request a recount under 21-A M.R.S.A. §737-A, Candidate B or C who is the apparent loser of an election determined by ranked-choice voting and who desires a recount must file with the Secretary of State a written, signed request for a recount, along with the applicable deposit, within 5 business days after the Secretary of State announces the official results of the ranked-choice voting count, pursuant to Chapter 535, section 6, subsection 4.

2. Prohibited from requesting recount. Candidates who did not receive one of the top three rankings at the end of the penultimate round of ranked-choice counting, and candidates who were defeated by batch elimination in any round or whose final vote totals based on the tally of first choice votes show it would be mathematically impossible for them to win may not request a recount.