{"id":2387740,"date":"2025-01-08T09:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-voter-id-proponents-clear-hurdle-to-ballot-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T09:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:23:58","slug":"maine-voter-id-proponents-clear-hurdle-to-ballot-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-voter-id-proponents-clear-hurdle-to-ballot-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine voter ID proponents clear hurdle to ballot &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaine-voter-id-proponents-clear-hurdle-to-ballot-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387740&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh excerpt provided includes \u200bHTML and XML code snippets \u2064that suggest a web page consisting of interactive elements \u2064such\u200b as buttons and icons, likely related\u200b to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peaceful-pro-life-activists-face-up-to-11-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Pro-life activists may face up to 11 years in prison despite their peaceful actions\">mobile-friendly design<\/a>.\u200d there is a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button intended\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-hawley-youngkin-others-speak-at-faith-and-freedom-coalition-conference\/\" title=\"LIVE NOW: Trump, Hawley, Youngkin, and more at Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference\">expand hidden content<\/a> when \u2064clicked. 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Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, one of the lead organizers of the effort, said in remarks at a press briefing. &ldquo;They want to have confidence that we have strong elections in our state and they understand that requiring an ID to vote is not radical. It&rsquo;s not extreme. It&rsquo;s common sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At least 36 states require voters to present some form of identification before voting, but only nine of those states have strict photo ID requirements, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thirty-six other states have recognized the importance of strengthening our elections, of protecting the democratic process,&rdquo; Libby said. &ldquo;And yet, Maine, lags behind.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposal, voters who don&rsquo;t have ID or forget to bring it with them would still be allowed to cast a ballot by filling out a provisional ballot. However, they would have to show a photo ID to a local election official within four days of the election for their vote to count. The acceptable forms of ID would include a Maine driver&rsquo;s license or identification card, a U.S. passport or passport card or U.S. military identification.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the proposal includes other provisions, including restrictions on the number of drop boxes each city or town puts out before the election to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-national-review-heres-why-dems-for-the-people-act-is-dangerous\/\" title=\"Pence, National Review: Here\u2019s Why Dems\u2019 \u2018For The People Act\u2019 Is Dangerous\">collect absentee ballots<\/a>. It would also roll back the deadline to request an absentee ballot, end the practice of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">mailing blank absentee ballots<\/a> to voters ahead of each election cycle and prevent third parties from submitting an absentee ballot on behalf of another voter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That prompted Bellows, a Democrat whose office must review and certify the petitions for the ballot, to call the group&rsquo;s proposal a &ldquo;wolf in sheep&rsquo;s clothing.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Reasonable people can agree to disagree about whether specific types of voter ID should be shown when you go to vote &hellip; but the citizen&rsquo;s initiative presented to us today has so much more that is really problematic,&rdquo; she told reporters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maine Republicans have pushed for years to require voter ID, pointing to state and national polls showing bipartisan support for the requirements. 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