Days before absentee voting started in the state, a Newburgh woman said she found 250 Maine absentee ballots in an Amazon package. Just a few days later, absentee voting envelopes were reportedly found out of state, prompting a sweeping investigation into something that’s never happened before in Maine.

The discovery of the ballots and the revelation that ballots were also missing from another Maine municipality have drawn sharp criticism from Republicans in both chambers of the Legislature.

In the more than a week since the ballots were first discovered, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat who is running for governor, has released little information about her office’s ongoing investigation into the matter. However, she has repeatedly said Maine’s elections are safe and secu

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