AUGUSTA Senator David Miramant, D-Camden, introduced a bill this week for Maine to adopt the National Popular Vote Compact.
LD 1330, “An Act To Join the National Popular Vote Compact,” was the subject of a public hearing before the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee.
“Democracy starts with the people,” said Sen. Miramant. “The National Popular Vote Compact returns the power to the people when it comes to presidential elections. The person who wins the most votes in our country should win the election. By adopting the National Popular Vote Compact, Maine will be leading the way for other states to give people more voice in electing their president. This bill would allow for more accountability to the people.”
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AUGUSTA Senator Dave Miramant, D-Camden, introduced a bill this week that would direct the Secretary of State to study the options for establishing an automatic vote-by-mail system in Maine. LD 1354, “Resolve, To Study the Establishment of a.
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A man enters the lobby area of Merrill Auditorium in Portland to drop off his absentee ballot last October. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
From ballot drop boxes to an online ballot tracking service, temporary measures used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 during the November election would be made permanent under a series of bills backed by Maine’s top election official.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, told the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee Wednesday that the bills aim to make voting easier, safer and more secure.
“Everyone should have the freedom to vote equally, to ensure that our elections truly reflect the will of the people – that’s what these bills are about,” Bellows said.
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Maine’s pandemic voting adaptations could become permanent
Innovations made to guard against the spread of COVID-19, including ballot drop boxes, would become permanent under a set of bills now before the Maine Legislature.
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A man enters the lobby area of Merrill Auditorium in Portland to drop off his absentee ballot last October. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
From ballot drop boxes to an online ballot tracking service, temporary measures that were taken in the November 2020 election to guard against the spread of COVID-19 would be made permanent under a series of bills backed by Maine’s top election official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.