Internal campaign emails and memos reveal that the convening of the fake electors appeared to be part of a strategy intended to give Vice President Mike Pence a reason to declare the outcome of the election was somehow in doubt.
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Posted inElection 2022, Lewiston-Auburn
Rick LaChappelle seeks to jump from city council to state Senate
Local businessman challenging Democrat Peggy Rotundo for newly redrawn Senate District 21 seat.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
LePage would seek to cut state support for asylum seekers
In an interview after a Republican rally in Lewiston on Friday, the former governor said that if re-elected, he would once again try to take away their eligibility for assistance to pay for food, shelter and other needs while awaiting federal authorization to work.
Posted inElection 2022, Franklin
Wilton recount determines Mike Wells winner of Select Board seat
In the first count conducted following Tuesday’s election, Wells won with 190 votes to challengers Cherieann Harrison’s 189 and Evret Greer’s 45.
Posted inElection 2022, Nation / World, News, Politics
Screams, threats as New Mexico counties certify vote
Certifying elections by typically under-the-radar local commissions, for decades a routine ministerial task, has become politicized.
Posted inElection 2022, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Republicans say Lewiston key to victories in November
At Friday’s Maine GOP Unity Rally party leaders say things are looking bright for their candidates this year.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Trump advisers tell Jan. 6 panel the plan for Pence to reject electors was ‘nuts’
The pressure Trump put on his vice president, including at a Jan. 6 rally, led directly to the insurrection at the Capitol, the panel said.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Jan. 6 panel probes Trump’s ‘last-ditch’ effort to pressure Pence to reject 2020 election results
The panel is reconvening for a third hearing, plunging into Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral count.
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Supreme Court justice’s wife played more extensive role in effort to overturn election, sources say
The emails show that efforts by the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to overturn the election were more extensive than previously known, two of the people said.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Election 2022, News
Mechanic Falls voters OK $3.16 million municipal budget, elect officers
Write-in wins Town Council seat, and three RSU 16 and two Sanitary District positions also filled.