The decision comes 2 days after Maine’s secretary of state affirmed his earlier ruling that the Maine Republican Party did not gather enough valid signatures to force a people’s veto of the law.
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Federal judge again hears arguments against Maine’s ranked-choice voting law
In a federal lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, 4 voters contend they were either disenfranchised by the system or forced to cast ballots for candidates they did not support.
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Maine secretary of state reaffirms decision to disqualify ranked-choice petitions
Matt Dunlap, for the second time, has determined that the Maine Republican Party failed to collect enough valid voter signatures to put a citizen’s veto question on the November ballot.
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Latest public poll again shows Gideon leading Collins in U.S. Senate race
The Democratic challenger has a 5-point lead over the longtime Republican incumbent in a poll of 500 likely Maine voters released Tuesday by the Bangor Daily News.
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Our View: Maine Republicans playing games with special session
The Legislature can’t come back to finish its work because the minority party wants to control the agenda.
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Republican-funded PAC spends $1 million on ads attacking Collins for not opposing Trump
The Lincoln Project, a national super PAC, was established by a group of Republicans who oppose President Trump and are working to unseat Republican senators they view as his supporters.
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Maine Republicans file last-minute court challenge to ranked-choice ruling
The party says Maine’s secretary of state improperly rejected thousands of signatures on a petition aimed at overturning a law applying ranked choice to presidential elections.
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Women for Trump draw crowd of 100 for campaign stop in Old Orchard Beach
Lara Trump leads a busload of women campaigning for her father-in-law in an event at a beachside restaurant.
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Freeport brewery cancels Trump campaign event, saying it was misled
The owners of Stars and Stripes Brewery say they did not know an event scheduled at their business Wednesday was for the president’s reelection campaign.
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Republicans’ demands keep lawmakers sidelined, with hundreds of bills in limbo
The Democratic majority leaders want the Legislature to return for a special session, but Republicans insist that it be limited to curbing Gov. Janet Mills’ executive powers and responding to virus-related problems.