Just before noon at Greenwood’s Jackson-Silver Post 68, Nate Bellenceau, 26, had just voted “yes” on Question 1 that asked voters to change Maine election laws to eliminate two days of absentee voting, prohibit requests for absentee ballots by phone or family members, and more.

Bellenceau said he would like voting to be more restrictive.

“Voting is important and you should absolutely show an ID because of the issues we’ve had in the past where people have been dead and voted somehow,” he said. “If you have to show an ID to buy a pack of cigarettes or alcohol or antibiotics behind the counter, you should be doing it to decide the future of the nation.”

He voted “no” on Question 2, which would allow courts to temporarily prohibit a person from having dangerous weapons if law enforcement, family or household members showed that the person posed a significant danger of causing physical injury to themselves or others.

“The right to bear arms shall not be infringed. I think we have too many gun laws as it is … you are never going to get a state to be less restrictive,” Bellanceau said.

Referencing his red “Trump” ball cap, he said people like to “hate the hat,” but it’s all about being respectful of other people’s views.

“Some people lose sight of that,” he said.

Glenda Erickson, 71, and Nancy Dewing, 75, both voted “no” on Question 1 and “yes” on Question 2.

“I don’t want to be disenfranchised. It’s a plot by the GOP to take votes from Democrats. They are trying to control the voting system and that is not O.K,” Erickson said.

Dewing said she has always voted by absentee ballot and trusts the people in Maine to monitor the fairness of the vote.

Erickson said she voted in favor of adding a red flag law on Question 2.

“If someone is violent or mentally ill, why would you let them have a weapon?”, she said. “I know it is controlling … Society as a whole needs to be protected.”

“If we don’t pass it, how do you explain it to the people who have lost loved ones because of it?”, Erickson said.