After investigating the recent accusation of multiple Maine citizens voting twice in the same election, the Secretary of State’s office has said it found the claims to be false.
In a letter to the chair of the Maine Republican Party, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said the Elections Division in her office found no incidents of dual voting among the list of 51 names accused by the party of voting twice in the same election.
The investigation from Bellows’ office comes after the Maine GOP released the results of an election integrity investigation it conducted this year that focused on voters who were registered to vote twice. The state party, along with the help of the RNC, found more than 600 voters who registered to vote twice and more than 50 who voted twice in the same election, using an official state voter file provided by the Secretary of State, according to details shared in a June 26 Facebook post.
Of the 51 names in question, 11 were different people with the same name and another 19 were erroneously recorded by their local municipality as having voted twice but in fact had not, according to a news release from Bellows’ office Wednesday morning.
The rest of the voters’ records needed minor corrections or other administrative action, but had no record of dual voting. For example, there was an individual accused who voted in the municipal and state elections in June 2024, which are technically separate elections even when held on the same day.
Bellows said...
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