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PublishedNovember 12, 2020
How and when will Maine cast its electoral votes?
The state's four Electoral College voters are expected to cast 3 votes for Joe Biden and one for Donald Trump next month, even as Republicans loyal to Trump raise the possibility of interventions in some states.
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PublishedJune 12, 2019
In reversal, Maine House endorses national popular vote bill
But the measure faces more votes to determine whether Maine should join other states that hope to drop the Electoral College in choosing the president.
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PublishedJune 9, 2019
Another View: Media contribute to two-party lock on power
Maine should do more to open the system to multiple voices.
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PublishedMay 30, 2019
House rejects move for Maine to bypass Electoral College
The House defeats a bill to have Maine join a compact of states that would award their Electoral College votes to the winner of the popular presidential vote nationwide.
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PublishedMay 16, 2019
Commentary: Anti-Electoral College move a mistake for Maine
The Maine House should not follow the Maine Senate's lead on a bill to radically change the presidential election process.
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PublishedMay 14, 2019
Maine Senate endorses bill to elect president by popular vote
The measure, which now heads to the House, reflects a growing movement among states to drop the centuries-old Electoral College system.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2016
New Hampshire electors expected to cast 4 votes for Clinton
A small group of anti-Trump protesters are gathered outside the Statehouse in Concord to thank New Hampshire's electors for backing Clinton.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2016
Maine electors cast votes for Clinton, Trump – after protests inside and outside State House
Clinton gets three votes and Trump gets one on a historic day, but not before one elector breaks protocol and initially submits a protest ballot for Bernie Sanders.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2016
Scores of Republican electors say they’ll stick with Trump
Voters have swamped Electoral College members with pleas to break ranks in Monday's ratification vote.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2016
New England’s lone Republican elector steadfast amid pressure
Maine Republican Chairman Rick Bennett says he's catching heat from those who want him to withhold his support of Donald Trump in hopes of denying him the presidency, when the Electoral College votes Monday.
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