Concerns that polling places wouldn’t have enough help on Nov. 3 have been eased by a wave of new volunteers and an increase in absentee voting. Here’s what you need to know about polling workers in Maine.
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In final 2nd District debates, Dale Crafts takes jabs at Jared Golden
Maine’s junior congressman duels with his Republican challenger in televised debates.
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Final presidential debate marked by clashes, but less chaos
After their first debate was panned so widely that organizers introduced a mute button, President Trump and Joe Biden interrupted each other far less frequently Thursday night.
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Fact check: Examining claims from the final Trump-Biden debate
President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden engage in their final debate, and an AP Fact Check looks at their statements.
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Collins, Gideon spar over money in politics, health care in 4th Senate debate
The four candidates in Maine’s U.S. Senate race met for a virtual debate Thursday night with less than two weeks to go until Election Day.
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Mute buttons and masks: Inside the final 2020 debate
The mute button is among a handful of changes implemented by the Commission on Presidential Debates to help ensure a better sense of order than in the raucous first debate.
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Nonprofits say House candidate misrepresented her involvement in local organizations
In two separate candidate profiles, Christina Hughes said she has held roles in three local organizations, but officials from those organizations said she’s misrepresenting herself.
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Final debate could thrust foreign policy back into presidential campaign
President Trump’s loudest foreign policy pitch isn’t about his record. It’s casting Biden as corrupt because of his son Hunter’s business associations in Ukraine and China.
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Biden, Gideon win mock elections in Maine schools
Democrats did well in the mock election exercise – a tradition in Maine schools – as students also chose incumbent Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden over their Republican challengers.
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Trump’s handling of pandemic takes center stage in final debate
While the president says the coronavirus is ‘going away’ and a vaccine will be ready in weeks, Joe Biden says, ‘Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president.’