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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Absentee ballot requests top 230,000 in Maine
Democrats have made 57% of the requests, to 16% from Republicans and 24% from unenrolled voters.
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Getting ready to vote in Maine? Make sure you’re registered first.
Here’s what you need to know to ensure that you are able to vote in the November election.
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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.
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Groups promoting absentee ballots sowing confusion among Maine voters
City clerks say mailings and emails by political campaigns and get-out-the-vote groups are triggering a flood of calls from voters who already have requested their ballots.
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Requests for absentee ballots in Maine approach 200,000
The latest numbers from Maine’s secretary of state suggest voters will cast a record number of absentee ballots in 2020.
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Trump campaign wants federal judge to kill Nevada vote-by-mail law
Less than eight weeks before the Nov. 3 elections, President Donald Trump’s campaign is urging a federal judge to block a new state law and prevent mail-in ballots from going to all active Nevada voters.
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Trump tries to clarify suggestion that people vote twice
The president says he was urging those who vote by mail to follow up at their polling place to make sure their mail-in ballots have been counted.
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Civic groups, retired Mainers push to ease absentee voting rules
The lawsuit seeking to relax absentee voting rules is opposed by the state and national Republican party, and President Trump’s re-election campaign.
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Mills signs executive order to support absentee voting, protect polling places from COVID-19
The order gives clerks more time to process absentee ballots, limits the number of people in a polling place to 50 and requires municipalities to promote distancing among voters and poll workers.