DOJ Looking At Conservative Outlet's Claim of ME Voter Fraud
The U.S. attorney said his office will review evidence of voter intimidation and election interference after a conservative outlet’s ballot-help allegations.
- On Friday, The Maine Wire alleged that CCTV video from Lewiston City Hall shows dozens of instances of NGO workers coaching Somali voters, prompting The Department of Justice to investigate the claims.
- The footage reportedly shows staff instructing migrants on party-line tickets for Democrats, though state guidelines permit voters to bring interpreters or helpers when casting ballots.
- U.S. Attorney for Maine Andrew Benson, appointed by President Donald Trump, stated his office will review evidence concerning complaints of voter intimidation and election interference.
- Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline dismissed the accusations, stating the Somali community is being unfairly targeted by bad-faith actors; officials found no evidence of "ballot stuffing" at industrial scale.
- Maine law restricts voting to U.S. citizens aged at least 18, and per the American Civil Liberties Union, voters are legally permitted to use interpreters when casting a ballot on Election Day.
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Federal Prosecutors Review Lewiston Video of Interpreters Helping Somali Voters
by Rich Mitchell at CDN Maine's U.S. attorney says his office is reviewing City Hall security footage after a conservative outlet accused interpreters of coaching Somali-American voters during early voting. Click to read the rest HERE-> Federal Prosecutors Review Lewiston Video of Interpreters Helping Somali Voters first posted at Conservative Daily News
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Remember: All citizens get to vote
I was struck by the comment from Maine Wire’s Steve Robinson in last Sunday’s paper about people bringing “jobless Somali bums to vote” (“State monitoring complaints of voter harassment in Lewiston,” Oct. 25). The scornful disapproval here misses something fundamental about our country. Whether one is a citizen by birth or by the hard work […]
DOJ Launches Investigation Into Video Showing Operatives ‘Coaching Illiterate Somalis’ on How to Vote in Maine
Federal prosecutors are reviewing surveillance footage from Lewiston City Hall in Maine after reports revealed that alleged "interpreters" were coaching Somali-background voters by pointing at ballot selections, handling ballots, and approaching voters in apparent violation of polling-place rules.
EXPOSED: Somali 'Translators' Caught on Camera Appearing to Fill Out Ballots for Migrant Voters in Maine — DOJ Now Investigating
Surveillance footage from Lewiston's early voting site shows NGO-funded 'translators' handling ballots and coaching Somali voters in apparent violation of Maine election law, prompting a federal probe and demands for accountability.
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