Former Gov. LePage says Maine elections hard to rig, on heels of unfounded ballot-stuffing claims

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Former Gov. Paul LePage says Maine elections hard to rig, on heels of unfounded ballot-stuffing claims


Former Republican Gov. Paul LePage recently told an interviewer that Maine elections are “very, very difficult to rig” in comments that suggest the gubernatorial candidate is balancing his push for anti-voter-fraud measures touted by the GOP against rhetoric that could discourage conservative voter turnout this fall.

LePage’s remarks at a Republican fundraising event were in response to a question from a man who posted the interview on Rumble, a social media platform popular among right wing users, as well as content producers who have either fled, or been kicked off, YouTube — in some cases for peddling falsehoods that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.

LePage, who is attempting to unseat Democratic Gov. Janet Mills this year, was asked by the interviewer what he would say to people who “feel their vote doesn't really count anymore” and that they “can't change anything” because the system is “rigged.”

“From a national point of view, I can't speak to that,” LePage responded. “But here in Maine, the votes count. They count a lot. Because we still use paper ballots. ... And at the end of the day, it's very, very difficult to rig an election in Maine.”

Read more: https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2022-06-10/former-gov-paul-lepage-says-maine-elections-hard-to-rig-on-heels-of-unfounded-ballot-stuffing-claims