With a record number of voters requesting absentee ballots, some want to know when those votes actually get counted.
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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.
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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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News
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.
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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.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
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.
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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.
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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.