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Maine residents to vote on proposal to require voter ID at polls
The Maine Department of the Secretary of State says a conservative group’s petition for a voter ID measure “far exceeded” the requirement to get it on the ballot
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Leader of Zizians, linked to border agent's killing, 5 others, held without bail
A Maryland court on Tuesday ordered a blogger known as Ziz who leads a cultlike group connected to six killings held without bail.
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Navy SEAL who led workout that hospitalized Tufts lacrosse players lacked expertise, report says
A third-party instructor who led a strenuous training session that led to the hospitalization of lacrosse players at Tufts University appeared to lack credentials to supervise group exercise, and the university should enact stricter procedures for workouts, according to an independent review released Friday. The Tufts men’s lacrosse team and two other students participated in the workout led by...
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Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont had long history of service, family says
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said. “He was a devoted agent who served with honor and bravery,” a family statement provided to The Associated Press late Tuesday said....
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Democratic Rep. Jared Golden wins through Maine's ranked choice voting
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to Congress through Maine’s ranked choice system on Friday. It’s the third time in four elections in the hotly contested district that Golden won after votes were retabulated because first choices failed to produce a majority for any candidate. This time it was Republican challenger Austin Theriault who came out behind. His campaign had...
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Maine ranked choice count continues, elections chief who drew Trump's ire narrating livestream
Maine’s elections chief, a former civil liberties attorney who sparred with President-elect Donald Trump over ballot access, is acting like a play-by-play sports announcer as she describes the state’s process of determining a congressional winner through ranked choice voting. Shenna Bellows is spending the week streaming the effort live on YouTube and answering questions in real time. “We hope that...
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Ranked voting will decide pivotal Maine congressional race. How does that work?
In a pivotal congressional race in Maine, the state’s ranked choice voting system is being used this week to determine the winner, but that won’t be the end of it. The currently trailing candidate has requested a full recount that won’t begin until after more than 12,000 votes have been reallocated to determine a majority. Election workers will try to...
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Maine election update: Key US House district goes to ranked voting, King re-elected
Votes will have to be redistributed under Maine’s ranked choice system to determine the winner of a key congressional race, election officials said. The campaigns of both Republican challenger Austin Theriault and Democratic Rep. Jared Golden said Friday that they would participate in the process, although Golden said he already won the election, without a need for additional tabulations. Elsewhere...
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Mainers reject proposal to resurrect the state's original flag
Mainers were smitten by the state’s original flag during the 2020 bicentennial. But the retro flag’s popularity wasn’t enough to convince voters to make it the state’s official flag. Residents voted Tuesday to retain the existing flag — blue with the state seal — instead of adopting a flag that tracks closely with the state’s original flag — a simple...
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Dems claim victory in key Maine congressional district race; no race projection
With the balance of power in the U.S. House still up for grabs, Democrats were claiming victory in a key tossup race in Maine. While NBC News hasn’t projected a winner at 77% of votes counted, the Maine Democratic Party said Wednesday afternoon that Rep. Jared Golden held on to the seat, fending off a challenge from former NASCAR driver...
