Clerks can remove ballots from envelopes and run them through optical scanning machines, but the votes can’t be tallied until the polls close next Tuesday.
Election 2020
Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Money pours in to efforts to defeat citizen referendum questions in Portland
Opponents of 5 proposals placed on the ballot by Southern Maine Democratic Socialists of America have raised nearly 14 times as much as proponents, and have more cash on hand for the final week of the campaign.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Voting ‘yes’ on Portland’s Question C is the most rational choice
A Green New Deal for Portland will encourage affordable-housing development by requiring sustainability practices that would slow warming.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Surge in immigrant detention can be stopped at the ballot box
If the inhumanity of the Trump administration’s policy toward undocumented immigrants doesn’t sway voters, maybe the cost to taxpayers will.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
Jill Biden urges crowd in Bangor to help get nation ‘back on track’
The wife of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called on voters to support Sara Gideon and help the party regain control of the U.S. Senate.
Posted inCops & Courts, Election 2020, Local & State, News, Politics
UMaine student charged with submitting former roommate’s ballot as her own
Alyssa Dau, 19, is accused of signing and submitting the former roommate’s absentee ballot, apparently because of a personal dispute between the two.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Candidates, referendum questions pack Portland ballot
The city has already received more than 20,300 absentee ballots.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Surge in early voting scrambles expectations for Election Day, as states head for record turnout
The massive turnout all but ensures the majority of ballots will be cast before Election Day for the first time.
Posted inNation & World
Republican former U.S. attorneys sign letter calling Trump ‘a threat to the rule of law’
The letter, signed by prosecutors appointed by every GOP president from Eisenhower to Trump, is the latest instance of Republicans backing Biden.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sagadahoc Sheriff Merry: Gideon a reliable advocate for Maine law enforcement
She has secured the resources to fight the opioid epidemic and helped protect retired first responders’ health benefits.