voters in maine today went to the polls, lucky them, among the issues they voted on, whether it should be harder to vote in maine, asked if they want to restore the decades old law that lets you register to vote on the same day you vote. this started when republicans won control of the governorship and state legislature last year. by june republican lawmakers sent governor paul lepage a bill to end the long standing ability to register to vote on election day. the governor signed it and they put it up for a citizen s veto with petitions saying people were unhappy with this is decision. republicans have given a number of reasons making it harder to vote in maine. rationale a, many of us believe the democrats intentionally steal elections, despite the republican chairman s clearly heart felt beliefs, same day registration has never been shown to be a fraud problem in maine and next, this long time
voters in maine today went to the polls, lucky them, among the issues they voted on, whether it should be harder to vote in maine, asked if they want to restore the decades old law that lets you register to vote on the same day you vote. this started when republicans won control of the governorship and state legislature last year. by june republican lawmakers sent governor paul lepage a bill to end the long standing ability to register to vote on election day. the governor signed it and they put it up for a citizen s veto with petitions saying people were unhappy with this is decision. republicans have given a number of reasons making it harder to vote in maine. rati rationale a, many of us believe the democrats intentionally steal elections, despite the republican chairman s clearly heart felt beliefs, same day registration has never been