Fayette saw the highest turnout for a midterm election in more than two decades, according to its election warden. In Hallowell, nearly 2,000 of Hallowell’s 2,300 registered voters had cast their ballots by noon on Tuesday, according to City Clerk Diane Polky.
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Posted inElection 2022, Elections, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Women’s rights, inflation, the economy among the issues drawing Waterville-area voters to polls
Voter turnout appeared to be strong Tuesday at polling sites in Oakland, Skowhegan, Waterville and elsewhere.
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Election Day tests voters, voting systems amid election lies
The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrives with an intense focus on voting itself after 2 years of false claims and conspiracy theories.
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Candidates in Lewiston make last-minute pitches to undecided voters
Both Gov. Janet Mills and former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin campaigned in the city Monday
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Wisconsin judge won’t order sequestering of military ballots, as sought by Republicans
The judge also denied a request from a state representative, who has pushed conspiracy theories, to order the elections commission to withdraw its guidance to clerks about absentee ballots from members of the military.
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Judge blocks Arizona county’s Republican plan to hand-count all ballots
A judge says the county board of supervisors overstepped its legal authority by ordering the county recorder to count all the ballots cast in Tuesday’s election rather than the small sample required by state law.
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Nancy Pelosi says attack on husband weighs on her future plans
Pelosi said with certainty that the attack on her 82-year-old husband has weighed into her thinking on whether or not to remain in Congress if Democrats lose control in the midterm elections.
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Six things to watch ahead of high-stakes midterm elections
The marquee races are taking place in swing states like Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, all of which could help determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential contest.
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Putin-linked businessman admits to U.S. election meddling, says he’ll keep doing it
Prigozhin has previously sought to keep his activities under the radar and now appears increasingly interested in gaining political clout – though his goal in doing so was not immediately clear.
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Oath Keepers leader testifies he had no plan to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6
Prosecutors have tried to show that for the extremist Oath Keepers, the riot was not a spur-of-the-moment protest but part of a serious, weekslong plot.