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Maine regularly sells voter data it denied to feds

Posted on August 9, 2017June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Scott Thistle reports:

Maine has joined dozens of states in refusing to share personal voter information with President Trump’s voter fraud commission. But the state regularly sells the very same data to political parties, candidates and ballot question or issue-based political action committees.

In fact, over the last two years, Maine collected more than $30,000 selling voter information – including name, year of birth, address, party affiliation and whether or not a voter participated in the last two elections.

Read more on Portland Press Herald.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

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