Vote yes. This November, Mainers get the chance to vote “yes” on a referendum question: Should Maine voters be required to show an ID to vote, the way they do to buy beer? In a state with 8,300 out-of-state students, 8,000 non-citizen aliens, and Democrats voting for “sanctuary status,” are we really debating this? Obviously, Maine – and other states at risk for fraud – need Voter ID to assure honest elections.
Why, then, are we getting pushback? Why did Democrat Governor Janet Mills’ Democrat Secretary of State, running for the Democrat gubernatorial nomination – who threw Trump off the ballot and gave licenses to illegal aliens – intentionally rewrite that referendum question to be confusing?
Why have all the Democrat candidates running for Governor opposed this check on voter fraud and illegal voting, or remained silent, if – as they profess – they believe in election integrity, honesty?
Why did the all-Democrat Maine Supreme Court not straighten out the confusion, mandate a rewrite of the convoluted referendum language – putting Voter ID last? Why just let it stand?
Why has no Democrat member of the Democrat majority in Maine’s legislature spoken for election integrity, for guarding against voter fraud, for requiring voters to identify themselves as Mainers – assuring illegals and out-of-state students do not vote twice, in the state of residence and in Maine?
Why have none of the Maine Trust Papers, underwritten by avowed anarchist George Soros, not stepped up to endorse the referendum, an obvious and overdue check on voter fraud in Maine?
Why does no one tell the truth? The truth is that only 14 states have no Voter ID requirements, all controlled by Democrats, including California, Oregon, Nevada, Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Mexico, Maryland – and Maine.
Truth is that 46 countries have learned the hard way that NO VOTER ID EQUALS FRAUD – and so they require voter identification to cast a vote in any election. While boring, to prove the point, here they are: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland, India, Israel, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, India, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Pakistan, Japan, Russia, England (most elections), Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Mexico
Obviously, Janet Mills is not the Governor of any of these countries, and Shanna Bellows is not the Secretary of State for any, and none have a senior staffer named Hannah Pingree, or a former state legislator running for Governor named Troy Jackson, let alone a legacy candidate named Angus King III.
Bottom line: All these countries have met fraud and beat it – with the requirement that voters come to vote with an ID card showing who they are, resident, legal, and entitled to vote. If they and 36 US states can do it, so can Maine. We either believe in honest elections, or we do not. Republicans do. Mainers should. Vote yes.
Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, Maine attorney, ten-year naval intelligence officer (USNR), and 25-year businessman. He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (North Country Press, 2018), and “Cherish America: Stories of Courage, Character, and Kindness” (Tower Publishing, 2024). He is the National Spokesman for AMAC. Today, he is running to be Maine’s next Governor (please visit BobbyforMaine.com to learn more)!
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