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Voter ID + Poll Question

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Voter ID + Poll Question

Matt Gagnon criticized Shenna Bellows for manipulating the language of a voter ID referendum question, leading with less popular changes to absentee ballots and drop boxes to obscure the main issue. He argued that the question should have prioritized voter ID and listed other changes separately. Gagnon also suggested that Bellows’ actions were unethical and compared her to other reprehensible figures in Maine politics. Additionally, Gagnon discussed a poll question about cutting federal research funding to elite universities like Harvard and Columbia, noting that 87% of respondents supported it, despite his own conflicted feelings on the issue.

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