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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Ballot delivery not an ‘acute’ concern for Maine’s top election official
Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.
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Requests for absentee ballots in Maine up threefold from 2016
Nearly 40,000 Maine voters have already requested ballots for the July 14 primary election.
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Polling places are busy as voters show up for primaries and Question 1
Voting has been busy in Lewiston and beyond, officials said. And voters are happy to have a nice day to go to the polls.
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Maine secretary of state loses latest round in fight for records of Trump’s defunct voter fraud panel
Matt Dunlap argued that the Trump administration illegally withheld emails pertaining to membership of the controversial Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.
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Dunlap disappointed by Senate failure to respond to election interference
Meanwhile, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell comes under criticism for blocking a series of bills.
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Campaign to become Maine's attorney general is almost invisible
AUGUSTA — Voters across the country typically choose an attorney general in a statewide election that’s sometimes bitterly contested because the post is often a stepping stone to higher office. In Maine, though, the electorate is a lot smaller: the 186 members of the state Legislature. So there aren’t any annoying television commercials, mean-spirited mailers […]
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Exit poll suggests Jared Golden has the advantage in ranked-choice voting
AUGUSTA — Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin will head into this weekend’s ranked-choice tabulations of 2nd Congressional District votes with a narrow lead, but political insiders, an exit poll and even bettors are suggesting that lead could evaporate as the second and third choices of independent voters are added to the tallies of the two front […]
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Maine gets extension to 2020 on compliance with Real ID
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine driver’s licenses will still be acceptable to board aircraft and access federal facilities until October 2020. Maine’s secretary of state says the Department of Homeland Security has issued Maine another waiver for compliance with the Real ID Act. The current waiver expires on Oct. 10, but Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap […]
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Maine requesting another extension to comply with Real ID
AUGUSTA — Maine is requesting another extension to the Real ID requirement because the latest waiver is due to expire in little more than a month. The state’s current waiver expires on Oct. 10 for complying with Real ID requirements for driver’s licenses to be used to board commercial airplanes. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap […]