MAINE BEACON (Maine People's Alliance) • September 22, 2020
Voting rights advocates challenged the constitutionality of Maine’s election system as it is being exercised under the current pandemic in a hearing before the Kennebec County Superior Court this week. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has intervened in the case on behalf of the state, arguing that Maine doesn’t need to take additional steps to ensure voting access. “The Maine Constitution guarantees the right to vote safely,” said Zach Heiden, chief counsel of ACLU of Maine, which joined Maine Conservation Voters in filing an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs. “In the midst of a global pandemic and a management crisis at the U.S. Postal Service, the practices that have served this state so well in the past are no longer enough.”