The Maine Supreme Judicial Court may decide whether a referendum seeking to end ranked choice voting in the state makes the ballot in November – and therefore may help decide whether President Donald Trump wins a single electoral vote in Maine in November.
A trial court judge on Monday, August 24 ordered the referendum onto the general election ballot, overturning the decision of the Maine Secretary of State – a Democrat – who initially invalidated enough signatures to keep the measure off the ballot. The Secretary of State on Friday, August 28 appealed the trial court's decision to the state's highest court, according to the Bangor Daily News.
The town of Brookline plans to start requiring that people medically exempted from wearing a face mask wear a plastic face shield instead – even though the town has a relatively low rate of coronavirus cases.
State guidelines already require that people who go into stores or use public transportation wear a face covering and maintain social distance. But they exempt "those unable to wear a mask or face covering due to a medical condition."
