Voting Day across Maine: Surge in absentee ballot returns, and light foot traffic at the polls
Tue, 07/14/2020 - 10:00am
Maine Senator Dave Miramant (D-Camden) is moving around his district this morning, urging voters to get to the polls, if they did not vote via absentee ballot. This photo was taken in Owls Head. (Photo courtesy Dave Miramant)
Port Clyde (Photo courtesy Dave Miramant)
Maine Senator Dave Miramant (D-Camden) is moving around his district this morning, urging voters to get to the polls, if they did not vote via absentee ballot. This photo was taken in Owls Head. (Photo courtesy Dave Miramant)
Port Clyde (Photo courtesy Dave Miramant)
Primary elections and many town meeting warrants, as well as municipal and school budgets, are under consideration in Maine today, as the polls opened at 8 a.m.
The foot traffic at the polls is light, although municipalities have been reporting that there was a heavy request for, and return of, absentee ballots. In Camden, there has been a fairly steady number of voters streaming in.
A pandemic disrupted the normal voting schedule for election primaries and town meetings, but the democracy endures, albeit a little later in the year.
At the polls, the municipal offices are ensuring physical distancing and much protection with masks, face shields and gloves.
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