elections
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PublishedOctober 3, 2022
Midcoast towns prepare for early voters
Midcoast residents can begin casting absentee ballots as soon as this week.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2022
Senate Republican leader McConnell backs post-Jan. 6 revisions to elections law
The legislation would clarify and expand parts of the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which, along with the Constitution, governs how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential winners.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2022
Congress considers its strongest legislative response yet to Jan. 6 attack
Proposals to change the law governing electoral votes would make it harder for lawmakers to object if they don’t like the results of an election and would clarify laws that could allow a state's vote to be delayed.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2022
Breaches of voting machine data after 2020 election raise worries for midterms
One concern is the possibility that rogue election workers, including those sympathetic to Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 presidential election, might use their access and the knowledge gained through the breaches to launch an attack from within.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2022
Virginia governor’s plan to join Paul LePage in Lewiston draws heat from Democrats
Republicans holding major fundraiser next week featuring possible presidential candidate Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2022
States are bracing for social media-fueled election violence
In Maine, a poll worker last year received a credible threat on Facebook.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2022
Breathing room for Biden: Big summer wins ease 2024 doubts
Recent wins, including the president signing into law a climate and prescription-drug package that accomplishes many of his party's long-held objectives, have eased a debate over Biden's future that was spreading.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Trump wanted Pence to reject votes for Biden. A new bill would prevent that.
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is spearheading the proposal, which also would make it more difficult for Congress to raise an objection to state results in a presidential election.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2022
Bipartisan bill would clarify that vice president’s role with electors is only ceremonial
The subgroup handling the Electoral Count Act of 1887 was headed by Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III.
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PublishedMay 27, 2022
Our View: U.S. Senate running short on time to solve our biggest problems
Systemic challenges are taking lives and putting our planet in peril, and so far the Senate has been unable to answer the call.
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