Recent months made evident the bravery of essential workers and everyone’s admiration for them. Can we remember that and plant seeds for more respectful, helpful, kind communities across our country? I think people would enjoy the kind of society where respect is shown to everyone regardless of what they look like. We are a human […]
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump campaign wants federal judge to kill Nevada vote-by-mail law
Less than eight weeks before the Nov. 3 elections, President Donald Trump’s campaign is urging a federal judge to block a new state law and prevent mail-in ballots from going to all active Nevada voters.
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Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump tries to clarify suggestion that people vote twice
The president says he was urging those who vote by mail to follow up at their polling place to make sure their mail-in ballots have been counted.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Suffrage Centennial: To make America great, vote Black women into office
Black women are uniquely equipped to provide inclusive, fiscally adept and collaborative leadership.
Posted inNation & World
‘How dare we not vote?’ Black voters determined after D.C. march
Race in America is front and center during a pandemic that’s disproportionately affected Black Americans.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
RNC chairwoman: Democrats don’t want to play by the same voting rules
They’re in courtrooms across the country trying to strip away voting laws on the books.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sen. Breen: Fight for American women’s voting rights was generations-long battle
There are few clear-cut heroes or villains in the story of ratification, which features some events that fill us with pride and others that bring shame.
Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Mills signs executive order to support absentee voting, protect polling places from COVID-19
The order gives clerks more time to process absentee ballots, limits the number of people in a polling place to 50 and requires municipalities to promote distancing among voters and poll workers.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Mainers should have a plan to cast their 2020 ballot
People should start thinking now about how they plan to vote in an unprecedented time.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Rep. Pierce: Even in a pandemic, we can protect Maine’s general election vote
We need to expand voter registration opportunities, maximize the use of absentee voting and ensure safe and efficient in-person voting on Nov. 3.