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Bucking national trends, a third of Maine towns still count ballots by hand

Oct. 21, 2024 12:04 PM EDT

When polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5, six trained election clerks in New Vineyard, a town of about 700 in Franklin County, will start counting ballots by hand. There are 13 questions on New Vineyard voters’ ballots: eight races for county, state and federal positions and five state referendum...

AP Elections Top 25: The people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election Day

Oct. 08, 2024 16:02 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close — in several different ways, including many submitted a few weeks before polls even open. They will choose a president, members of Congress and thousands of state...

Cornel West cleared to appear on ballot in Maine, where ranked voting is in play

Aug. 21, 2024 13:08 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Cornel West can appear on the ballot in Maine, the state's secretary of state has ruled. Shenna Bellows' decision came Tuesday, about a week after the withdrawal of a challenge to another long-shot candidate, Robert F....