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Paul LePage is the former governor of Maine and a Republican candidate for Congress in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.

Two weeks ago, 250 blank Maine ballots were found in a random women’s Amazon delivery, in a box delivered right to her door. It made national news. Yet, our Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who is ultimately responsible for ballot security, is acting like it is an anomaly. It is not.

Those of us who have lived in Maine for a long time remember the days of John Martin, Maine’s longtime speaker of the house, when his aides were caught breaking into ballot boxes and stuffing them to e

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