{"id":99450,"date":"2026-05-15T06:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99450"},"modified":"2026-05-21T06:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:08:33","slug":"absentee-voting-june-9-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99450","title":{"rendered":"Absentee Voting, June 9 Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-Rapid-Resource-Logo-Blue.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" data-attachment-id=\"98165\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?attachment_id=98165\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-Rapid-Resource-Logo-Blue.jpg?fit=1516%2C1056&amp;ssl=1&amp;ver=1778240526\" data-orig-size=\"1516,1056\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A Rapid Resource Logo Blue\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-Rapid-Resource-Logo-Blue.jpg?fit=840%2C585&amp;ssl=1&amp;ver=1778240526\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-Rapid-Resource-Logo-Blue-300x209.jpg?resize=300%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-Rapid-Resource-Logo-Blue.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-Rapid-Resource-Logo-Blue.jpg?resize=1024%2C713&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-Rapid-Resource-Logo-Blue.jpg?resize=768%2C535&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-Rapid-Resource-Logo-Blue.jpg?resize=1200%2C836&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-Rapid-Resource-Logo-Blue.jpg?w=1516&amp;ssl=1 1516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reprinted from an e-newsletter by State Representative James White, <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Sunday, May 10, having marked 30 days until the primary election on June 9 and absentee voting now underway statewide as of Monday, May 11, the Office of the Secretary of State provided an update about Maine\u2019s election processes for this stage of the election cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Dates to Know<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Registering in person:\u00a0 Close of the polls on Election Day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registering by mail or third person:\u00a0 Received by the voter&#8217;s town or city by close of business 21 days before Election Day. (For June 2026 primary &#8212; May 19, 2026)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registering online:\u00a0 5 p.m. on the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0day before Election Day. (For June 2026 primary &#8212; May 19, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registration through Automatic Voter Registration at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles:\u00a0 Midnight on the seventh day before Election Day. (For June 2026 primary &#8212; June 2, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UOCAVA voters in\u00a0Title 21-A, \u00a7777-A\u00a0by mail or electronically:\u00a0 By noon the day before Election Day (For June 2026 primary &#8212; June 8, 2026)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deadline to request absentee ballots from a municipal clerk:\u00a0 Request must be received by the voter\u2019s town or city three business days before Election Day (For June 2026 primary &#8212; by close of business in a voter\u2019s town or city on Thursday, June 4) unless special circumstances exist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In-person absentee voting:\u00a0 For June 2026 primary &#8212; began\u00a0Monday, May 11, until close of business on Thursday, June 4, subject to office hours by town or city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For additional details with respect to voter registration, absentee voting, voters with disabilities, absentee ballot processing, ranked choice voting, photography or filming in\/near polling places, and media interviews in\/near polling places, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/sos\/news\/person-absentee-voting-begins-monday-may-11-june-9-primary-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">please click\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Sunday, May 10, having marked 30 days until the primary election on June 9 and absentee voting now underway statewide as of Monday, May 11, the Office of the Secretary of State provided an update about Maine\u2019s election processes for this stage of the election cycle. Key Dates to Know For additional details with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99450\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Absentee Voting, June 9 Primary&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[88],"tags":[792,206,791],"post_folder":[696],"class_list":["post-99450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative","tag-absentee-voting","tag-grange-advocacy","tag-maine-primary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"With Sunday, May 10, having marked 30 days until the primary election on June 9 and absentee voting now underway statewide as of Monday, May 11, the Office of the Secretary of State provided an update about Maine\u2019s election processes for this stage of the election cycle. Key Dates to Know For additional details with&hellip;","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1arC1-pS2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99451,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99450\/revisions\/99451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99450"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=99450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}