PILF Files Maine Complaint Over 3,181 Potentially Dead Voters Before Midterms
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 31
PILF Files Maine Complaint Over 3,181 Potentially Dead Voters Before Midterms
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 31
Summary
A conservative legal group asked Maine election officials to review and purge 3,181 potentially dead voters and 693 duplicate registrations from state rolls days before Tuesday’s midterm voting.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation said its analysis matched records by shared names, addresses and birth years, and argued the state had not made a “reasonable effort” to remove ineligible voters under the Help America Vote Act.
The complaint to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows seeks immediate corrective action and warns PILF could escalate through the HAVA complaint process if the state does not act.
PILF said Maine fixed many problems flagged in a 2025 review that found 18,453 potentially dead voters and 1,498 duplicate or triplicate records, but contends some errors remain and new ones emerged.
The filing lands ahead of a tight Maine Senate race between Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson, with control of the chamber potentially at stake.