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AUGUSTA--Here’s what Maine voters need to know to go to the polls to vote in the presidential primary on March 5, 2024. Note: all election ... Maine may cast an absentee ballot or vote in person ...
Absentee ballots may not be counted until after the polls are closed, 8 p.m. on Election Day. Then, they will be fed into vote counting machines to be tabulated or hand counted like votes cast on ...
Maine’s 2024 primaries will be held under the new semi-open primary law. This means that unenrolled voters can participate in any party primary without enrolling in the party. However, they may ...
As with all statewide elections in Maine since 2016, the primary will take place using ranked-choice voting. However, the Maine Republican Party, which is opposed to ranked-choice voting, has stated that it will disregard the final results if there is an automatic runoff, only recognizing the first round results. [4]
An additional six states [Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Alaska] not included on the table automatically send absentee/mail ballot applications to voters on a permanent list. This differs from the states in the table below since voters must return the application before receiving an absentee/mail ballot." [29]
Former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie failed to make the Maine primary ballot, as he did not submit the required 2,000 signatures to the Secretary of State by the November 20 deadline. Christie attempted to appeal the decision, but the Maine Superior Court upheld the secretary's ruling.
Maine offers in-person absentee voting beginning 30 days prior to an election
Maine at large was potentially considered a secondary battleground during the 2024 election cycle. In 2016, Trump narrowly lost Maine at-large to Hillary Clinton by less than 3% and a margin of 22,142 votes. However, in 2020 Biden won the state by just over 9% and 74,302 votes, though Trump held Maine's 2nd congressional district.