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This fall, you will see a lot of yard signs, letters to the editor, and political ads by the “Voter ID for Maine” campaign trying to convince you that Question 1 on our ballots this November is just about requiring voter ID at the polls. What they won’t say is the truth: Question 1 sneaks in a lot more changes to our elections.

Voting yes on Question 1 also means voting to make it more difficult for Mainers to vote absentee when they can’t physically make it to the polls on Election Day. Voting yes on Question 1 means voting to make it harder for elderly and homebound Mainers to get their absentee ballots. It also means voting to make it harder for absentee vote

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