Clerks can remove ballots from envelopes and run them through optical scanning machines, but the votes can’t be tallied until the polls close next Tuesday.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine
Trump rally in Maine brings complaints, quarantine after rules on masks, distancing ignored
A medical professional who posed beside prominent politicians is self-quarantining for 14 days as a precaution.
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Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Incumbent Farrin faces challenger Swain in Skowhegan-area Senate District 3
Bradlee Farrin, an incumbent, says that he hopes to continue to advocate for rural Mainers if reelected next week.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Jill Biden urges crowd in Bangor to help get nation ‘back on track’
The wife of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called on voters to support Sara Gideon and help the party regain control of the U.S. Senate.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World
Justice Thomas’ wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden
Ginni Thomas asked her more than 10,000 Facebook followers to share a link that claims social media companies are censoring reports about the Bidens.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Election 2020
Stop the music! Chorus of artists tells Trump to turn it down
Scores of artists continue to send cease-and-desist letters objecting to their music being played during rallies.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Biden vows unity can ‘save this country,’ while Trump talks up economy
While Democrat Joe Biden worked to expand the electoral map in the South, President Trump focused on the Democrats’ ‘blue wall’ states that he flipped in 2016.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
UMaine student charged with submitting former roommate’s ballot as her own
Alyssa Dau, 19, is accused of signing and submitting the former roommate’s absentee ballot, apparently because of a personal dispute between the two.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Amy Coney Barrett sworn in at Supreme Court as issues important to Trump await
No justice has assumed office so close to a presidential election or immediately confronted issues so directly tied to the incumbent president’s political and personal fortunes.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Scarborough superintendent apologizes for letter that triggered student protest
Superintendent Sanford Prince says a letter to the staff about expressing personal views before the election should not have described Black Lives Matter as a ‘controversial’ phrase.