Election clerks will process absentee ballots early, but won’t count votes until polls close

COVID-19 pandemic

Published
September 29, 2020

Election clerks will process absentee ballots early, but won’t count votes until polls close

With a record number of voters requesting absentee ballots, some want to know when those votes actually get counted.
Published
September 25, 2020

If you requested an absentee ballot, expect to get it soon

Maine voters are requesting absentee ballots in record numbers, and in the next few days local election officials will begin to mail those ballots out.
Published
September 4, 2020

Bill Nemitz: Mainers can face COVID-19 head-on, or they can hide behind God

The Sanford preacher at the center of Maine's worst pandemic outbreak promises the 'pestilence' will be smote from on high.
Published
September 3, 2020

Maine hits snag in effort to distribute pandemic aid to seafood industry

Individual fishermen, fishing charters and seafood dealers must demonstrate revenue losses before receiving checks, probably in November.
Published
August 30, 2020

Mainers cite postal failures, worries ahead of November election

Across the state, customers tell of late or lost letters and packages as scrutiny of the U.S. Postal Service mounts amid a global pandemic and before the presidential vote.
Published
August 30, 2020

Bill Nemitz: With Maine’s latest COVID-19 outbreak comes a question: Who’s liable?

Assigning legal culpability for spread of the pandemic isn't as simple as it may seem.
Published
August 20, 2020

Maine postal workers demand funding, federal action to reverse mail delays

Postal union leaders are pushing for $25 billion that's stalled in the U.S. Senate and calling for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's removal.
Published
August 18, 2020

Q&A: Are mail-in voting and absentee ballots the same thing?

Some states with mail-in voting send ballots to all registered voters, but voters in Maine must request an absentee ballot under a system that tracks ballots closely to prevent errors or fraud.
Published
August 16, 2020

Bill Nemitz: Read my lips? Not if you can’t see them

For deaf and hard-of-hearing Mainers, communicating through face coverings amid the pandemic has become all but impossible.
Published
August 10, 2020

Democrats maintain large lead in voter registration in Maine

Both major parties have their highest enrollments in at least 30 years, but Democrats are gaining members at a faster clip, driven in part by recent presidential and U.S. Senate primary elections.