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Maine’s four presidential electors have divided their tallies for the second time in state history
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Maine’s four presidential electors have divided their tallies for the second time in state history
Rick Langley was the first voter to cast a ballot around 7:05 a.m. on Tuesday at the Ward 1 polling place in the Augusta Armory.
Hailey Jones watches her mother, Tanya, casting her ballot Tuesday morning at the Belgrade town hall.
Waterville voters stand in line to vote at the American Legion in Waterville early on Tuesday.
Augusta voters out early on Tuesday morning, about 7:30 a.m., in Ward 1.
Augusta voters out early on Tuesday morning, about 7:30 a.m., in Ward 1.
Voters wait in line shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday in the town of China.
Staff photo by David Leaming Waterville resident Ivan Fletcher holds his son Colton, who received a voting sticker from volunteer Carlton Carey, after Fletcher voted at the American Legion in Waterville on Tuesday.
Sherrie Kramer, center, places a voting sticker on her daughter Isabel as her children, front left to right, Briana, Ethan and Isaac, look on, following voting Tuesday morning at the Belgrade town hall.
City resident Robin Sabattus let it be known who she is voting for president as she and others fill out their ballots at the American Legion in Waterville on Tuesday.
Waterville City Clerk Patty Dubois gives instructions to voters in the American Legion in Waterville on Tuesday.
Howard Boston, a 93-year-old veteran, votes Tuesday morning at the Belgrade town hall as ballot clerk Howard Holinger looks on.
Waterville voters fill the lobby and stand outside the American Legion in Waterville before voting at 7 am on Tuesday.
A Waterville voter gets instructions how to use the electronic ballot machine at the American Legion in Waterville on Tuesday.
Candidate Mark Andre conducts an exit poll of Waterville voters in the lobby of he American Legion in Waterville on Tuesday
Voters at Windsor Town Hall got their "I Voted" stickers around 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
Election worker Christina Alcott, left, hands out "I Voted" stickers around 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Windsor Town Hall.
A voter fills out a ballot around 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday at Windsor Town Hall.
Voters fill out ballots around 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday at Windsor Town Hall.
Voters get ballots from a table of election workers on Tuesday at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Gardiner.
Israel Legassie waits in line to cast his ballot wearing a Hillary for Prison shirt and a red, white and blue wig on Tuesday at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Gardiner.
Detail shot of voting machine screen on Tuesday at the Hall-Dale Middle School in Farmingdale.
Detail shot of voting machine screen on Tuesday at the Hall-Dale Middle School in Farmingdale.
Voters, some with children, stand in booths filling out ballots on Tuesday at the Hall-Dale Middle School in Farmingdale.
Gov. Paul LePage and first lady Ann LePage around 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday at the Ward 1 polling place in the Augusta Armory.
Voters wait in line to cast ballots around 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday at the Ward 1 polling place in the Augusta Armory.
Line of voters stretch out the door just before polls opened at 7 a.m. on Tuesday at the Ward 1 polling place at the Augusta Armory.
Legislative candidates greet voters in Waterville shortly after noontime on Tuesday in the lobby at the American Legion hall. About 1,900 people had voted in Waterville between 7 a.m. and noon, according to election warden Roland Hallee.
Skowhegan resident Julie Parks exits a voting booth beside all the other booths that were filled Tuesday afternoon with voters at the municipal building on Election Day.
Thorndike ballot clerk Louann Cranowski keeps a protective hand on the wooden ballot box still used in rural communities on Election Day. "I think these old boxes are a better way of counting votes," Cranowski said Tuesday, referring to electronic counting machines.
Voters in China packed a building beside the town office to cast their ballots on Tuesday afternoon. Town Clerk Becky Hapgood said she believes high turnout will set a record. "It's been phenomenal here today," Hapgood said.
Ballot clerk Margot Coryell, left, watches as George Willard drops a ballot into the box around 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday at the Mount Vernon Community Center.
Ballot clerk Margot Coryell, left, tells a voter where to put a ballot into the scanner around 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday at the Mount Vernon Community Center.
Voters fill in ballots around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Mount Vernon Community Center.
Detail shots of "I Voted Today" stickers on Tuesday at Asa Gile Hall in Readfield.
Ballot clerk Bonnie Nadeau tears "I Voted Today" stickers off the roll around 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday at Asa Gile Hall in Readfield.
Petitioners gathering signatures for possible future ballot questions sit at tables outside the voting area around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Asa Gile Hall in Readfield.
Voters sit at tables filling in ballots around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Asa Gile Hall in Readfield.
Jacob Perez, left, watches as his grandmother Julie Miner votes around 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday at the Mount Vernon Community Center.
