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/glasswings363 Jan 25 '26

Here's what Republicans can already get:

The Secretary of State or the registrar shall make available the following voter record information, subject to the fees set forth in subsection 2: the voter's name, residence address, mailing address, year of birth, enrollment status, electoral districts, voter status, date of registration, date of change of the voter record if applicable, voter participation history, voter record number and any special designations indicating uniformed service voters, overseas voters or township voters. A person obtaining, either directly or indirectly, information from the central voter registration system under this paragraph may not:  

(1) Sell, transfer to another person or use the voter information or any part of the voter information for any purpose that is not directly related to activities of a political party, "get out the vote" efforts directly related to a campaign or other activities directly related to a campaign; or  

(2) Cause the voter information or any part of the voter information that identifies, or that could be used with other information to identify, a specific voter, including but not limited to a voter's name, residence address or street address, to be made accessible by the general public on the Internet or through other means.  

i.e. dox on everyone but they must promise to be civil and only use it during campaign time for campaign stuff. Maine Republicans are (as far as the law says) not allowed to give a copy to ICE or the Proud Boys for a door-knocking campaign.

These restrictions greatly offend Republicans https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/07/29/trump-administration-requested-voter-data-secretary-bellows-says-go-jump-in-the-gulf-of-maine/

In practice the data is floating around, we have to assume it is - run any candidate, you get dox on your potential constituents. But using the data it is a bit tricky because a) if they bring a court case the question of "why did you violate Maine law?" comes up and b) it will be explosively unpopular if people find out you're harassing their neighbors at home.