Tiffany Bond suing state to waive signature rules so she can be a fifth candidate in the general election.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
A look at competing policing proposals to be considered by Congress
Democrats and Republicans have introduced separate legislation to reform policing in America, and they diverge on some issues.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden calls on Trump to ‘wake up’ to havoc caused by coronavirus
The former vice president says the president wants to declare the pandemic over even as the outbreak continues to kill Americans and disrupt the economy.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Would-be Clean Elections candidates find it harder to qualify during pandemic
Social-distancing requirements and other restrictions have made collecting $5 qualifying contributions needed to obtain public financing more difficult.
Posted inLocal Elections, Maine, News
Portland gets flood of prospective poll workers as late recruitment push pays off
After the City Council postponed its decision on consolidating polling places and called for a final effort to recruit poll workers, over 100 people applied in the hours after the effort began Monday night.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Ranked-choice opponents file signatures to try to repeal Maine’s law
A campaign funded largely by the GOP submitted petitions with 72,000 voter signatures in an attempt to prevent ranked-choice voting from being used in presidential elections in Maine.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Protests in Trump country test his hold in rural white areas
Hundreds of protests over black injustice have cropped up in small cities across the upper Midwest and Rust Belt, many with their own lingering current of white supremacy and racial unrest.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Activists cite tabulation flaw in mail-in ballots in Georgia
Nearly 1.1 million Georgians voted by mail for Tuesday’s primary.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Biden’s VP list narrows, includes Warren, Harris and Susan Rice
The former vice president, who has already said he will pick a woman as his running mate, is facing increased calls from Democrats to put a woman of color on the ticket.
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Voters will see polling places transformed next month
Officials are trying to make sure everything goes well during the July 14 primary, which will be the first statewide election since the pandemic hit.