Local Elections 
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Recounting ballots for a city council race between incumbent Michael Marcotte and declared winner Stephanie Gelinas.
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Recounting ballots for a city council race between incumbent Michael Marcotte and declared winner Stephanie Gelinas.
Dale McCormick, second from left, explains a petition to Connie Hallett, left, while gathering signatures from voters on Tuesday in Augusta.
Ballots clerks Jeanne Fortin, left, Juliette Brawn and Verna Rancourt wait for voters while Lorraine Robichaud, far right, checks in a voter on Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center.
People fill out petitions Tuesday after voting in Gardiner.
A voter leaves the polls with his ballot after voting at the Anson Town Office on Tuesday.
Waterville candidates Steve Soule, left, Jackie Dupont and Karen Rancourt- Thomas greet voter Brad Sherwood on Election Day. Soule was challenging Ward 1 councilor and Dupont was challenging Ward 7 incumbent Rancourt-Thomas in the city’s two contested City Council races.
Virginia Clifford speaks to a reporter after casting a ballot at the Anson Town Office on Tuesday. Town residents were decided whether to make the tax collecter position appointed, rather than elected and whether the town should enact a recall ordinance.
Voter Susan Ervin casts her ballot as clerk Louise Collins watches at the American Legion hall in Waterville on Election Day. The city had two contested City Council seats on a day statewide predictions were for low turnout.
Voters wait to cast ballots on Tuesday at City Center in Augusta.
Voters sign petitions after casting ballots on Tuesday at Cony High School in Augusta.
Fairfield council candidates John Picchiotti, left, and Harold Murray speak with Fairfield voter Gloria Champine before she voted on Tuesday. Picchiotti was re-elected to a three-year term despite anti-Muslim posts on his private Facebook page, which has since been taken down. Murray came in third in the race for two seats.
