Vote No on Question 1
UMaine's Student Newspaper since 1875. The current election system in place is effective, with no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Maine.
Question 1 imposes unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles, potentially impacting college students who rely on absentee voting.
- Restrictions on absentee voting include eliminating two days of voting.
- Prohibiting requests for absentee ballots by phone or family members.
- Banning prepaid postage on absentee ballot return envelopes.
As college students, we are often living away from home. Absentee voting is convenient, and sometimes the only feasible way to vote in our hometowns.
Currently, absentee ballots can be requested up to the Thursday before the election.
Author's summary: Protecting voter rights is crucial.