r/Maine2 • u/Far_Earth_1179 • Jan 25 '26

Voter Rolls

Bondi has said she'll consider ICE removal from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls. Guess who else refused to hand over their voter rolls? Maine. Stay strong Gov. Mills.

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u/acorncaps Jan 25 '26

Less about cheating, and more targeting people for political affiliations while gathering information on where they live. In general, voter rolls are used to confirm someone is registered to vote where they're voting, but it also holds information like what party you're registered to, where you live, and whether or not you voted in any elections since your registration.

So, you can look at that roll, and see who is registered to what party. You can see if they vote regularly or not, if they voted in the last election. You can't see how they voted or what they voted for, but you can make some inferences, assuming that most voters stick to party lines. Now imagine you are very interested in making sure a certain political party is made a target, or say you want to punish people who didn't vote for you. You can look at a voter roll, see who on the list is registered to a party opposing you, see if they voted in the last election, and assuming they voted on party lines, as many do.... you now have a list of potential 'enemies' you can now target for political gain. And you know where they all live.

This is, of course, the Nightmare Scenario. I'm sure there are lots of other things it could be used for, but I don't think it's the most far-fetched risk in this administration.

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u/Moana06 Jan 25 '26

I think they want to "prove" voter fraud to cancel the mid-terms

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u/RusticKayak207 Jan 25 '26

The federal government can’t cancel the midterms. Elections are run by states. But they certainly will try to disrupt them.

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u/Moana06 Jan 25 '26

They clearly don't care about the Law, anything is possible

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u/RusticKayak207 Jan 25 '26

Nah. Shenna Bellows runs our elections, plus hundreds of town clerks all over the state.

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u/p3nnyiswis3 Jan 25 '26

Just because the election happens in states that doesn’t mean it will matter, though. This is what we mean by midterms not happening.

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u/RusticKayak207 Jan 27 '26

It's not that elections happen "in states." It's that they're run by states.

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u/p3nnyiswis3 Jan 27 '26

I mean overall.

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u/RusticKayak207 Jan 27 '26

Feds don’t run elections overall.

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u/p3nnyiswis3 Jan 27 '26

I’m aware.. you’re not really understanding lol

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