They aren’t exactly swing states in the race to pick the next chief executive, but each has one thing that could give them a huge amount of sway: an electoral vote.
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Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Trump, Biden campaigns hire lawyers, brace for post-election legal challenges
Both sides are informed by the experience of the 2000 election, which was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court.
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Posted inElection 2020, Maine, News, Politics
Planning to vote in person? Maine officials say they have enough poll workers
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.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
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.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, News, Politics
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.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine
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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Judges again block Trump order to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted
The Trump administration has appealed a similar New York decision to the Supreme Court, and the nation’s high court agreed to hear the case next month.