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Mainers defeat Republican effort to institute voter ID and limit absentee voting

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  • Reliability

    60% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -28% Somewhat Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    12% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : It relied on the popularity of voter ID both in Maine and across the country, but it included a ream of new restrictions on absentee voting that Democratic opponents built their campaign around.
45% : Libby's side organized under a political committee called "Voter ID for ME" and raised early money to get Question 1 on the ballot from national Republican groups, including one linked to conservative judicial architect Leonard Leo.
25% : Those messages were generally aimed at riling up the Republican base, invoking President Donald Trump's desire for voter ID and criticizing Secretary of State Shenna Bellows for an October episode in which ballots were found in an Amazon package.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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