Some mailings about absentee balloting, including a recent one from the Maine Democratic Party, raise questions about access to voting records.
Maine Republican Party
Posted inElection 2020, News, Politics
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Maine Republicans’ appeal on ranked voting
The party’s last-ditch effort would have stopped ranked-choice voting from being used for the first time in Maine’s presidential election.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine Republicans should stop reckless campaigning
COVID-19 can spread wherever people ignore public safety guidelines on distancing and masks.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Ranked-choice voting fight a drain on Maine Republicans
They’d be better off focusing on supporting their candidates rather than endless legal wrangling and referendum campaigns.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Maine Republicans flout CDC guidelines at campaign events
Two recent events, one in Bangor, another in Saco, show attendees indoors, not wearing masks and not social distancing.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Republican Party can’t be saved
A former Maine Republican chairman says the party he once led has abandoned its principles and deserves to lose the election.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine, Nation & World, News, Politics
Maine’s high court denies request to put ranked-choice decision on hold
The Maine Republican Party wants to ask the federal courts to consider First Amendment arguments in a case that allows for ranked-choice voting in the November presidential election.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
George Smith: Elect legislators who will work together
In the past, lawmakers with different views could work toward a compromise. Not anymore.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, News, Politics
Judge hears testimony in lawsuit aiming to change Maine’s absentee ballot rules
The lawsuit seeks to have all absentee ballots count as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Legislative free-for-all gives Democrats 24 uncontested seats
For the first time since 1998, more than 30 seats in the Maine Legislature will go to candidates, mostly Democrats, who face no opposition in November.