Efforts to improve voting access for Mainers with disabilities range from a new online system to a new guide for families and caretakers of residents living in long-term care.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Delays in verifying mail-in ballots will slow election tally
Potential problems are looming most acutely in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Can Susan Collins survive Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party?
The four-term Republican senator was once among the most popular in the country. Now she’s the least and her latest bid for re-election has her in an unfamiliar role: underdog.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Maine Republicans flout CDC guidelines at campaign events
Two recent events, one in Bangor, another in Saco, show attendees indoors, not wearing masks and not social distancing.
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Libertarian presidential hopeful seeks to turn USA into ‘one giant Switzerland’
Jo Jorgensen told a Lewiston crowd Saturday that American troops need to ‘come home’ from around the world.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
N. Carolina Senate race upended by sexting, virus diagnosis
The race is the nation’s most expensive Senate campaign and considered key to determining the power balance in the chamber.
Posted inElection 2020, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
China’s new town clerk working her way through first major election
Angela Nelson describes her experience dealing with a record number of absentee ballots and the restrictions the state requires to combat coronavirus.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Politics
Five takeaways: Susan Collins talks Trump, Supreme Court nominee in Waterville
The U.S. Senator stopped by for a downtown tour, but answered questions on national issues as well.
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Former U.S. Sen. Bill Cohen sees something of himself in Jared Golden
Cohen, a Republican, said the freshman Democratic congressman has a streak of independence that marks Maine’s best politicians.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Politics
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, Tim Scott tour downtown Waterville to highlight economic recovery
The Maine senator brought her South Carolinian counterpart to Waterville to meet with local businesses and see the downtown area that will benefit from a $7.37 million federal grant.