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Our View: Join election workers in defense of democracy

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion November 06, 2022

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Don’t let anyone tell you democracy is easy. In Maine, choosing our next slate of leaders depends on the diligence and integrity of state elections staff and hundreds of municipal clerks, plus the 6,000 or so volunteer poll workers who sign voters in, collect their ballots and count them. Kennebunk Town Clerk Merton Brown uses his cellphone flashlight to look over a tabulation printout from a scanning machine while verifying vote counts after... + full article



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