The municipal and state of Maine elections are held annually on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. This year Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Voting will take place on Election Day at the Scarborough High School from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting by absentee ballot was available in person […]
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Harris seeks to distance herself from Biden’s ‘garbage’ remark
Vice President Kamala Harris tells reporters she rejects criticism based on how someone votes. The White House says President Biden was referring to racist rhetoric, not to Trump voters.
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Lewiston, Auburn see big numbers as early voting ends Thursday
As of Wednesday, a quarter of registered voters in Lewiston have either voted early or requested an absentee ballot.
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Highest-altitude U.S. voters to cast their ballots from space
Astronauts on the International Space Station, including 2 who are stuck there after a Boeing Starliner malfunctioned, said they intended to vote from orbit.
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Police say suspect behind ballot box arsons may be planning more attacks
The incendiary devices attached to the ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington were marked with the message ‘Free Gaza,’ a law enforcement official said.
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Today’s the last day for most Maine residents to vote early or request an absentee ballot
Voters may still request an absentee ballot after Thursday, but they would need to have special circumstances such as an unexpected hospitalization.
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Majority of swing-state voters say they fear violence if Trump loses
A poll found that two-thirds of voters in states likely to decide the election do not think Donald Trump would accept defeat.
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Trump wins student mock election in Maine
Maine students have predicted the winner of every presidential election since 2008, but they missed the mark in the 2020 U.S. Senate race by voting against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
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Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume purge of voter registrations
A federal judge previously found the state illegally purged more than 1,600 voter registrations in the past two months.
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Former President Clinton to stump for Harris/Walz campaign in Maine on Friday
The details of the visit have not been released, but it will be somewhere in southern Maine.