This year’s semi-open presidential primary, which allowed unenrolled voters to cast partisan ballots for the first time, didn’t boost turnout at polling places across central Maine.
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Trump and Biden win Maine’s Super Tuesday primaries
Election clerks and Maine’s secretary of state reported low turnout as the state also rolled out a new semi-open primary system that allows unenrolled voters to participate in party primaries.
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Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers
The agreements settle a civil lawsuit brought by Democrats in 2022 against the 2 attorneys and 10 Republicans in Wisconsin who posed as fake electors.
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Tuesday offers Mainers a chance to help pick a president
Democratic and Republican primaries offer new options but familiar candidates.
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Judge halts enforcement of new law banning foreign spending on elections
U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen blocked the state from implementing the law passed by voters in November until she rules on several lawsuits challenging its constitutionality.
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Nikki Haley to hold rally in Portland on Sunday
The Republican presidential candidate is coming to Maine 2 days before the March 5 primary.
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What is Super Tuesday? Why it matters and what to watch
The elections are a crucial moment for President Biden and Donald Trump, who are the overwhelming front-runners for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, respectively.
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Vermont town grants 16- and 17-year-olds right to vote in local elections
Some voters in Brattleboro, population 7,500, could have a hand in choosing major party nominees.
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Nikki Haley announces Maine campaign team a week before presidential primary
The Republican candidate continues to campaign for the party’s nomination despite losing soundly to former President Donald Trump in all the early primary states.
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Biden, Trump win Michigan primary. But ‘uncommitted’ voters demand attention
A robust grassroots effort began just a few weeks ago to encourage voters to select ‘uncommitted’ as a way to register objections of the Israel-Hamas war and how Biden has approached the conflict.