City Clerk Kathy Montejo points to bottled water and other supplies from City Hall waiting to be delivered Monday afternoon to voting locations throughout Lewiston. “Did you see we didn’t forget about you?” Montejo said to Richard Morin, left, as she pointed to a “Public Works Crew” sign on the water. Morin is a foreman […]
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Vote to preserve our freedoms
Americans enjoy freedoms that many others risk their lives to attain, yet people cannot get off their butts to vote to preserve those freedoms. The United States has a president who would like to manage/control those freedoms for his own narcissistic uses; and a governor who thinks the Maine state budget is his personal budget […]
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Early voting available in Lewiston
LEWISTON — The City Clerk’s office opened its early voting location at City Hall on Monday, with roughly two weeks to go before the Nov. 6 election. Any registered voter can cast a ballot in the City Council Chamber on the first floor of City Hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. There are […]
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Ranked-choice voting offers more ballot choices
LEWISTON — When social worker Tonya Bailey-Curry cast her absentee ballot at City Hall last week, she found its ranked-choice voting options “a little confusing.” Ron Berube, who voted a little later, said he loved it. “It’s different, but it gives us more of a choice,” he said, and provides more opportunity and fairness for […]
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Voter suppression bill cites 2016 deception at Bates College
A congressional bill that refers to a 2016 effort to keep Bates College students away from the polls would make it a federal crime to willfully spread false information to try to keep people from voting. The penalty included in the bill submitted by U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., for engaging in deceptive acts includes […]
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Susan Collins backs measure to sanction Russia if it keeps meddling
A bipartisan measure that would require new sanctions against any foreign nation caught meddling in U.S. elections got the backing this week of Maine’s senior senator, Republican Susan Collins. The Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines bill would require extensive, tough sanctions within 10 days of a declaration by the director of national intelligence […]
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Maine to beef up cybersecurity of voter registration system
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine wants to beef up cybersecurity of its voter registration system. Maine Public reports that Democratic Secretary of State Matt Dunlap last week requested over $3 million from a $380 million pool of federal funds. Dunlap’s spokeswoman Kristen Muszynski (moo-zyn-ski) said that the office is asking for more time to draft its […]
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Democratic primary election winners remain uncertain
AUGUSTA — It takes a long time to count tens of thousands of votes. Election officials tasked with delivering an outcome on who won two Democratic primaries last week that employed, for the first time, ranked-choice voting spent Tuesday certifying numbers and gathering the last stray ballots. Officials said they are likely to have results […]
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Where ranked-choice voting matters, candidates say voters should ignore it
TURNER — As voters try ranked-choice voting for the first time Tuesday, the 75th House District offers the only state legislative contest on the primary ballot in Maine where the new method has a chance of making a difference. But the three men in the contest are so opposed to ranked-choice voting that they’re calling […]
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Lewiston school budget vote: What voters should know
Lewiston Middle School students file out of the school last week at the end of the day. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Voters will decide on the proposed $82.9 million school budget Tuesday, May 8. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Longley Elementary School. Voters will be asked if […]