Rachel Talbot Ross, a Portland Democrat, is the first Black person in state history to serve in a leadership role in the Maine Legislature.
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Electoral College makes it official: Biden is the next president
The results will be sent to Washington and tallied Jan. 6 in a joint session of Congress over which Vice President Mike Pence will preside.
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Shenna Bellows sees new post as secretary of state as dream job at a critical time
The former state senator and executive director of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine says her goals include increasing voter participation and protecting privacy.
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Maine Electoral College electors to cast ballots Monday
Maine’s four electors will cast three ballots for Joe Biden and one for Donald Trump when they convene in the House chamber of the State House on Monday, while their counterparts across the U.S. will also cast their votes.
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Disputing Trump, Barr says Justice Department found no widespread election fraud
President Trump has railed against the election in tweets and in interviews, though his own administration has said the 2020 election was the most secure ever.
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Michigan board certifies Biden win, dealing Trump another blow
Both the president and top Republican officials sought to discredit the vote process in Michigan’s Wayne County, home of Detroit, making sweeping and unsubstantiated claims about widespread fraud and citing errors in the vote tallies.
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Transition allowed to begin as U.S. agency ascertains Biden won election
General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy finally made the determination Monday after Trump efforts to subvert the vote failed across battleground states.
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Trump campaign legal team distances itself from conservative firebrand attorney
Sidney Powell has made multiple incorrect statements about the voting process, unspooled unsupported and complex conspiracy theories and vowed to ‘blow up’ Georgia with a ‘biblical’ court filing.
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Who needs Russia? Loudest attacks on U.S. vote come from Trump
The president has trumpeted a blizzard of thoroughly debunked claims about the election outcome, and the resulting chaos is consistent with longstanding Russian interests to sow discord in the United States and to chip away at the country’s democratic foundations and standing on the world stage.
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Sens. King, Collins criticize Trump’s efforts to override election results – in starkly different tones
Both of Maine’s senators say the president is wrong to pressure state officials to override the will of voters.