Neither snow nor distance nor wheelchair snafus disrupted the gratitude and grace of his 10-year quest for a diploma.
Election 2020
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Polling places are latest front in battle over face masks
Most states fall short of a broad mandate forcing voters to wear masks while voting.
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Southern Midcoast clerks expect record voter number of voters
Brunswick’s 11,000 absentee ballots requested this year overwhelmingly tops the 7,000 people who voted by absentee ballot in 2016, according to Fran Smith, Brunswick town clerk.
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George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, won’t reveal their votes for president
That it’s even a question is remarkable, underscoring yet again how President Trump has transformed the Republican Party from the party it was under Bush.
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Half of Maine’s voters have cast absentee ballots. Now Election Day voters get their turn.
An election marked by a deadly pandemic, deep polarization and record-setting absentee voting will come to a close Tuesday, but some races may not be decided for days.
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U.S. businesses prepare for potential violence, unrest on Election Day
Judging by the plywood, it’s shaping up to be an Election Day like no other.
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Sisters of St. Joseph to pray for peace all hours of Election Day
The 24-hour prayer that the Roman Catholic Sisters of St. Joseph in Waterville and Winslow are undertaking begins after midnight Tuesday.
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Votes are always being counted for days after election night. That’s how it works.
But vote tallying has never been completed in a modern U.S. presidential election on election night.
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Judge rejects Republican effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes
At the heart of the case were Republican objections to drive-thru polling centers that allowed voters to drop off ballots without getting out of their cars, in response to the pandemic.
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Trump threatens legal action, Biden goes on offense as bitter campaign concludes
While the president airs his grievances at rallies and tweets about ‘violence in the streets,’ his challenger says, ‘We’re done with the chaos.’