A week before the election, absentee ballot requests outpacing two years ago
Municipal clerks across Maine are handling more requests for absentee ballots ahead of next Tuesday's election than they did at this point two years ago.
Maine will vote on two statewide referendum questions this year. Question 1 would make numerous changes to Maine's absentee balloting process — including eliminating two days of absentee voting — and would require voters to show a photo ID before casting a ballot in future elections.
Question 2, meanwhile, proposes a "red flag" gun law that would allow families or household members to directly petition a judge to order someone to give up their firearms if they pose a threat to themselves or others.
Turnout is expected to be relatively low, at least when compared to presidential and gubernatorial elections. But as of Monday afternoon, local clerks had received more than 111,000 requests for absentee ballots, which is more than 10% of the total active voters in the state.
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