The COVID-19 pandemic has given Tuesday’s election a different look. Polls close at 8 p.m.
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Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Augusta-area voters, not deterred by pandemic, line up to vote
Despite what is expected to be a record-breaking number of people voting by absentee before the election, numerous central Maine residents voting in person at the polls on Election Day.
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Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Politics
After early waves, election officials in Lewiston, Auburn report ‘manageable’ turnout
After early morning lines cleared, election officials in Lewiston, Auburn and elsewhere in Androscoggin County said the rest of the day was steady and manageable.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, Politics
Election Day voting opens with some lines, scattered glitches and ample anxiety across the nation
Americans lined up for a long election season’s final day of voting Tuesday, breezing through cavernous facilities in some cities and waiting by the hundreds in others, and contending with only few scattered glitches in the first hours of Election Day. Nearly 100 million people had already cast ballots as voting got underway, a stunning […]
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, Politics
Election Day shadowed by threats of legal challenges
President Donald Trump says he’s planning an aggressive legal strategy to try prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, Politics
‘Vote and get home’: Anxious voters say on Election Day
Americans lining up to vote on Election Day are exhausted from constant crises, on edge amid volatile political divisions and anxious about what’s to come.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, Politics
Suspicious robocall campaign warning people to ‘stay home’ spooks voters nationwide
The torrent of calls illustrated the wide array of technologies that voters say are being used to convince and confuse them in the closing days of a dizzying presidential campaign.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, Politics
Live Updates: Donald Trump wins Texas
The latest on Election Day around the U.S.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Maine on track for historic turnout in unprecedented election
While there were long lines early in the day at many polling places, poll workers generally reported that the process was going smoothly despite the pandemic precautions and the heavy turnout.
Posted inNation / World, Politics, Uncategorized
Trump, Biden cede stage to voters for Election Day verdict
Americans are making their choice between President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, selecting a leader to steer a nation battered by a surging pandemic that has killed more than 231,000 people and cost millions their jobs.