Graham Platner’s campaign has generated lots of media buzz, and he’s working with advisers who have strategized on unlikely wins for prominent Democrats including Zohran Mamdani and Sen. John Fetterman.
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Mainers like absentee voting. Question 1 would make that option harder.
The November referendum has been framed around requiring voter ID, but it also includes a host of changes to absentee voting.
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Here’s how Maine’s voter ID referendum would change absentee voting
The changes include limitations on the number of ballot drop boxes, an end to ongoing absentee voting and an end to family members making ballot requests for voters.
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Does Maine require a two-thirds majority to redraw congressional districts? | Fact brief
Redistricting has become a hot political issue nationally as Texas Republicans move to redraw the state’s map in the hopes of picking up more U.S. House seats.
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Oyster farmer, former Marine enters U.S. Senate race against Susan Collins
Graham Platner, a Democrat from Hancock County, joins a growing list of mostly little-known candidates to challenge Collins, who is seeking a 6th term.
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Hancock County oyster farmer and former Marine enters U.S. Senate race against Susan Collins
Graham Platner, a Democrat, joins a growing list of mostly little-known candidates to challenge Collins, who is seeking a 6th term.
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Dr. Nirav Shah says he’s considering run for Maine governor
Shah, the face of Maine’s COVID-19 response, was a top federal health official in the Biden administration and has criticized the Trump administration’s public health priorities.
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Maine clinics ask federal judge to restore Medicaid funding cut by Trump administration
Maine Family Planning, a statewide network of 18 clinics, stands to lose about $1.9 million and says it may have to stop providing primary care without the federal funding.
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Farmington plans to move Nov. 4 voting to vacant store
The temporary voting place, a former Family Dollar, is needed because the Farmington Community Center is under construction.
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Maine delegation split over Trump’s plan to take over police operations in capital
The president announced Monday that he would send in the National Guard to combat ‘out of control crime’ and ‘rising violence’ in Washington, D.C., even though police data shows violent crime is at a 30-year low and dropping in the district.