Maine law requires local election officials to match the signature on your absentee ballot application to your absentee ballot.
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Election 2020: Local legislative races
Candidates running Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties for Maine Senate and House seats.
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Election 2020: What you need to know about voting this year
Our answers to your questions about Maine’s voting system.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, Politics
ACLU launches voter protection hotline in Maine
The organization said the hotline is designed to help any voter with registration, casting an absentee ballot or voting at the polls.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, Politics
McConnell warns White House that COVID relief deal could divide Republicans
President Trump is hoping for an agreement before the election, eager to announce another round of $1,200 direct payments going out under his name.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
More than 25 percent of Maine voters have already cast their ballots
The latest data on absentee voting shows that Democrats continue to far outpace Republicans in requesting and returning absentee ballots.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Trump pressures Barr to investigate Bidens with election 2 weeks away
The president recently retweeted a photo of his attorney general with the caption ‘for the love of GOD ARREST SOMEBODY.’
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Deadline looms as differences narrow on COVID relief aid
It’s deadline day for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on COVID-19 relief, with the contours of a potential deal taking shape behind the scenes even as President Donald Trump’s GOP allies are recoiling at the administration’s tolerance for a $2 trillion package
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Sixty small-business owners oppose Portland minimum wage initiative
The group includes some who support a gradual increase to $15 an hour but oppose a hazard pay provision that could give Portland the highest minimum wage in the country.
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Fight over Trump’s business records returns to appeals court
The Supreme Court this summer said the president is not immune from congressional investigation, but the justices put the subpoena on hold.