As of Wednesday, a quarter of registered voters in Lewiston have either voted early or requested an absentee ballot.
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Posted inElection 2024, News, Schools & Education
Voters in Wales, Litchfield and Sabattus to vote again on school budget Tuesday
RSU 4 facing a fourth budget vote for the second year in a row.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Election 2024, Oxford Hills
Where to vote and who is running in county, state elections in Oxford Hills
All absentee and in-person ballots must be returned to your town’s clerk or voting registrar by Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. when polls close.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, Politics
Highest-altitude U.S. voters to cast their ballots from space
Astronauts on the International Space Station, including 2 who are stuck there after a Boeing Starliner malfunctioned, said they intended to vote from orbit.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, News, Politics
Today’s the last day for most Maine residents to vote early or request an absentee ballot
Voters may still request an absentee ballot after Thursday, but they would need to have special circumstances such as an unexpected hospitalization.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Election 2024, News, Oxford Hills
Bethel resident, Maine Senator and longtime legislator running for county commission
Walker will face off against a Republican challenger, Sen. Lisa Keim (R-Oxford), who is currently finishing up her final term representing District 19 in the Maine Senate. Sawin Millet is running unopposed.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
How Maine’s novel ‘yellow flag’ law endured after the Lewiston mass shooting
Maine’s law is a compromise rooted in a tradition of gun rights that crosses the political aisle.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, Politics
Majority of swing-state voters say they fear violence if Trump loses
A poll found that two-thirds of voters in states likely to decide the election do not think Donald Trump would accept defeat.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, News, Politics
Trump wins student mock election in Maine
Maine students have predicted the winner of every presidential election since 2008, but they missed the mark in the 2020 U.S. Senate race by voting against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, Politics
Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume purge of voter registrations
A federal judge previously found the state illegally purged more than 1,600 voter registrations in the past two months.