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Complete Coverage: July 2020 primary
Complete Central Maine coverage of the July 2020 primary.
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The report comes as Trump seeks the 2024 Republican nomination while grappling with multiple criminal indictments, including a federal case and a Georgia case tied to his efforts to overturn Biden's victory.
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From the perch of a poll-watcher, a writer finds the whole process ‘gloriously boring.’
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Socially distanced, but still in-person, Windsor conducted its annual Town Meeting on Wednesday night.
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Tuesday's primary showed that the best way to manage the polls in a pandemic is for most people to vote from home.
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Voters dealt with town and school budgets, decided who would be running for state office in a couple of contests, and put their trust in people who were elected to school boards and selectmen's panels.
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Most central Maine towns saw high absentee ballot voting, though muncipalities handled in-person voting without issue on Tuesday.
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Of 1,750 ballots cast, 1,105 were absentees.
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The winner of the race won’t be decided until the ranked votes are tabulated in Augusta, which could take days.
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Belgrade also had a close vote, but its recount — completed Wednesday — confirmed former selectperson Dan Newman edged out incumbent Michael Barrett, 400-394.
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Farmington, Industry, Starks, Temple, Wilton, Chesterville, New Vineyard, New Sharon, Vienna and Weld voted on the spending plans.
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Complete Central Maine coverage of the July 2020 primary.
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The state borrowing will pay for transportation improvement projects and a boost to high-speed internet.
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In Maine's 2nd Congressional District, the former Lisbon state lawmaker has about 45% of the vote, a large enough cushion to fend off either of his two opponents.
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The Maine House speaker will face Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the most costly Senate race in Maine history, with national implications for control of the Senate.
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Tuesday's election brings out voters and challenges, as a number of delayed open Town Meetings are being held by secret ballot and the number of absentee ballots are expected to be higher than usual.
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Unofficial live election results collected by the Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel and the Associated Press.
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A record number of absentee ballots were requested for the election, in which Maine voters chose candidates for U.S. Senate and the 2nd Congressional District.
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The state has issued guidelines concerning social distancing, masks and keeping pens and surfaces clean that towns such as Waterville, Fairfield and China have used to keep voters safe.
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Outside groups have blanketed Republican households with misleading mail in the run-up to the July 14 primary.
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Vote ‘yes’ on 1 to put millions of dollars to work creating jobs, supporting students and helping businesses rebound and grow.
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Two Democrats seek party's nomination for state representative from House District 112, which includes Starks, Anson and Kingfield, among 16 communities in Somerset and Franklin counties.
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Readfield residents Tavis Rock Hasenfus and Joanne Mason seek to represent the Democrats in the November general election for the District 81 seat in Maine House of Representatives.
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The need may never again be so high, and interest rates may never again be so low.
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As election officials work to make the polling places safer, voters can do their part and cast their ballots absentee.
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The lack of high-speed internet is leaving parts of the state behind.
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The pandemic has made clear that reliable and affordable internet is a necessity for our livelihood, our education, our health care and our economy.
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The Maine Democratic Party has added more than 40,000 new voters to its ranks since 2016 and now have a more than 90,000-voter edge over their Republican rivals.
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