Jurors find Lev Parnas guilty of using a corporate entity to funnel illegal donations to Republican political committees and using money from a Russian financier to make illegal donations to U.S. politicians.
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Maine joins dozens of states to improve voter registration
Joining the nonprofit center will allow Maine to more efficiently identify people who have moved, registered elsewhere or died outside the state.
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Senate Republicans again block Democrats’ voting rights bill
The current version of the bill would establish national rules for running elections, limit partisanship in the drawing of congressional districts and force the disclosure of many anonymous donors who spend big to influence elections.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, News, Politics
Republican review finds no proof Arizona election stolen from Trump
The report was an embarrassing end to a widely criticized, and at times bizarre, quest to prove allegations that election officials and courts have rejected.
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Referendum would require vote on cost of buying out CMP and Versant
CMP-backed opponents of a proposed consumer-owned utility in Maine say voters should have the final say on the purchase price.
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Maine supreme court denies bid to split power corridor referendum into 3 questions
A state lawmaker wanted the court to order the Secretary of State’s Office to split an upcoming ballot measure challenging the NECEC project into separate questions for voters.
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Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop Republican voting bill
When Democrats last fled the state 2 decades ago – in an ultimately failed attempt to stop new Republican-drawn voting maps – state troopers were deployed to try bringing them back.
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Trump lawyers might be penalized over Michigan election lawsuit based on ‘conjecture’
The state also is asking for Trump’s team to reimburse at least $11,000 the state had to spend in legal fees.
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Senate Republican filibuster halts Democrats’ signature voting rights bill
Maine’s senators split their votes on the measure, with independent Angus King voting to proceed on the bill, and Susan Collins, a Republican, voting against proceeding.
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Lawsuit seeks to split upcoming power line ballot question into three issues
Rep. Christopher Caiazzo, D-Scarborough, filed the lawsuit last week in Cumberland County Superior Court.