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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Whittle

Maine residents to vote on proposal to require voter identification at polls

Maine voters will decide whether the state will become the latest to require voter identification at the polls.

A conservative group in the state has been gathering petitions to get an act on the ballot to require presentation of photographic identification for the purpose of voting. The petitioners have “far exceeded” the required number of signatures needed to get the proposal on the ballot, the Maine Department of the Secretary of State said in a Wednesday statement.

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