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 […]
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Dunlap addresses county Dems
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap speaks to the Androscoggin County Democratic Committee recently about ways to encourage voter registration and voter participation. From left are Dunlap, Ron Laberge, Susan Lea, Sue Reilly, Chad Roberts and Mary Roussel. For more information on committee events call 207-784-5726.
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Maine to beef up cybersecurity of voter registration system
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine wants to beef up cybersecurity of its voter registration system. Maine Public reports that Democratic Secretary of State Matt Dunlap last week requested over $3 million from a $380 million pool of federal funds. Dunlap’s spokeswoman Kristen Muszynski (moo-zyn-ski) said that the office is asking for more time to draft its […]
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Judge again orders Trump’s voting commission to give documents to Maine’s secretary of state
A federal judge has for the second time ordered the Trump administration to turn over documents to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap related to his participation on a presidential commission on voting integrity. The order, issued Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., rejects the commission’s contention that Dunlap is […]
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Historic ranked-choice vote may have changed perceptions, but not election outcomes
AUGUSTA — After all of the anticipation and waiting, ranked-choice voting did not change the final outcome of any of the primary elections that served as test pilots during Maine’s historic use of the alternate ballot-casting system. Yet preliminary results show one candidate experienced a surge in support during Wednesday night’s vote retabulations, although not […]
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Livermore election warden receives national award
LIVERMORE — Retiring election warden Frank Castonguay, 91, was presented with a National Secretaries of State Medallion Award by Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Tuesday. The surprise honor — one of only five Medallion Awards presented in the state — was in recognition of and appreciation for his 14 years of overseeing voting in […]
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Matt Dunlap says GOP lawsuit over ranked-choice voting is based on speculation
The Maine Republican Party’s claim in a federal lawsuit that ranked-choice voting could lead to the election of a candidate who was not truly the party’s “standard-bearer” is based only on speculation, an attorney for Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said in a formal response to the suit. “The underlying factual assumptions for this theory […]
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Maine explains ranked-choice voting in animated video
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap’s office released an informational video on ranked-choice voting Monday, roughly one month before Maine becomes the first state to use the tabulation process during a statewide election. In the five-minute-long animated video, Dunlap walks viewers through the process of selecting candidates in the voting booth on June 12 and how votes […]