Polls have consistently shown that universal voter ID requirements have broad, bipartisan support among American adults, including Maine voters.
Nevertheless, more than 60 percent of Mainers voted to reject Voter ID for ME’s question after opponents of the election integrity measure vastly outspent Voter ID for ME.
The failure comes after the Ballot Question Committee (BQC) gathered petition signatures for a bulky piece of legislation that went far beyond a simple voter ID requirement to include some minor changes to absentee voting processes. However, those small changes were enough to allow Democratic opponents of voter ID to turn the entire campaign into a referendum on absentee voting rather than on election integrity.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows used the BQC’s decision to place the absentee changes front and center in the official wording of the ballot question, making the voter ID component appear like an afterthought.
Botched Voter ID for Maine Effort Tanks on Election Day
by Thinklike A. Mountain
yesterday
By Seamus Othot
November 5, 2025
Polls have consistently shown that universal voter ID requirements have broad, bipartisan support among American adults, including Maine voters.
Nevertheless, more than 60 percent of Mainers voted to reject Voter ID for ME’s question after opponents of the election integrity measure vastly outspent Voter ID for ME.
The failure comes after the Ballot Question Committee (BQC) gathered petition signatures for a bulky piece of legislation that went far beyond a simple voter ID requirement to include some minor changes to absentee voting processes. However, those small changes were enough to allow Democratic opponents of voter ID to turn the entire campaign into a referendum on absentee voting rather than on election integrity.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows used the BQC’s decision to place the absentee changes front and center in the official wording of the ballot question, making the voter ID component appear like an afterthought.
Webllnk to full article:
https://www.themainewire.com/2025/11/botched-voter-id-for-maine-effort-tanks-on-election-day/
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https://revolver.news/2025/11/paul-ryan-and-mitch-mcconnell-did-their-part-to-get-marxist-mamdani-elected/