The survey of 847 likely voters also shows Democrat Joe Biden running well ahead of President Trump, with the margin tighter in the 2nd Congressional District.
Scott Thistle
Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
If you requested an absentee ballot, expect to get it soon
Maine voters are requesting absentee ballots in record numbers, and in the next few days local election officials will begin to mail those ballots out.
advertisement
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Some voters fear being ‘purged’ at the polls. Should you?
Maine’s system for removing voters from official lists has been criticized in the past, but state officials say they no longer follow those procedures.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, News, Politics
Absentee ballot requests top 230,000 in Maine
Democrats have made 57% of the requests, to 16% from Republicans and 24% from unenrolled voters.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Getting ready to vote in Maine? Make sure you’re registered first.
Here’s what you need to know to ensure that you are able to vote in the November election.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, News, Politics
Judge hears testimony in lawsuit aiming to change Maine’s absentee ballot rules
The lawsuit seeks to have all absentee ballots count as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, News, Politics
Groups promoting absentee ballots sowing confusion among Maine voters
City clerks say mailings and emails by political campaigns and get-out-the-vote groups are triggering a flood of calls from voters who already have requested their ballots.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Legislative free-for-all gives Democrats 24 uncontested seats
For the first time since 1998, more than 30 seats in the Maine Legislature will go to candidates, mostly Democrats, who face no opposition in November.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Requests for absentee ballots in Maine approach 200,000
The latest numbers from Maine’s secretary of state suggest voters will cast a record number of absentee ballots in 2020.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine’s high court hears arguments on citizen’s veto of ranked-choice voting
The supreme court heard from opposing lawyers in a case that will determine if a ranked-choice system will be used to award Maine’s four Electoral College votes in November’s presidential election.