Absentee ballot requests have already exceeded levels from last gubernatorial and midterm election in 2018, with Democrats slightly outpacing their previous proportion of requests.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows
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Big drop in absentee ballots this year, but in-person voting hard to predict
Voters shattered absentee voting records in 2020 during the height of the pandemic and a close presidential race, but absentee returns are down sharply this year.
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Vulgar license plates are out as hundreds of new laws take effect in Maine
One of the statutes going on the books Monday limits what you can say on a vanity license plate and allows Maine’s secretary of state to recall already-issued plates with offensive or violent messages.
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Push to audit Maine’s 2020 election takes cues from fraught effort in Arizona
A group collecting signatures says it wants Maine to do a ‘forensic audit’ of its 2020 results, but Attorney General Aaron Frey says the document that voters are signing has no legal merit.
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Attorneys argue over whether CMP power line referendum should be 1 question or 3
The issue is whether voters will have an ‘all-or-nothing’ choice this November on a ballot question that aims to block the 145-mile transmission line.