This election year voters can request absentee ballots up until Election Day.
Election 2020
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Gideon reports raising $8 million, more than double amount raised by Collins
Maine’s U.S. Senate contest is already the most expensive race in state history and is likely to draw tens of millions of dollars more before the November elections.
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Trump’s attacks seen as undercutting confidence in 2020 election
Just over four months before Election Day, the president is escalating his efforts to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote.
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The View from Here: Revolution on Bastille Day?
The pandemic has overshadowed Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, but it could also affect the outcome.
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Democrats warn against overconfidence in fight against Trump
Former President Barack Obama and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer insist that the party must be vigilant.
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Dueling Trump-Biden events offer contrasting virus responses
With just over four months remaining until the election, the contrasting styles of Trump and Biden are increasingly on display.
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Flood of absentee ballots could delay primary election results
Maine voters have already requested more than 100,000 absentee ballots for the July 14 primary, and local election officials say it will be a ‘daunting’ task to process those ballots so that results are known on election night.
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With unsubstantiated claim, Trump sows doubt about U.S. ballots
In his latest attack on mail-in voting, the president claims that millions of ballots will be printed in foreign countries and somehow cast as legitimate, a scenario that experts describe as far-fetched.
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Sen. Timberlake: Gideon focusing on U.S. Senate campaign at expense of Maine people’s needs
The Maine House speaker wants the federal government to step up COVID recovery efforts when she hasn’t lifted a finger here.
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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.