Maine authorities are investigating a claim that an Amazon package contained hundreds of unmarked absentee ballots. The report follows the town of Ellsworth stating that it was missing a shipment of 250 absentee ballots.
“I have full confidence that law enforcement will determine who is responsible, and any bad actor will be held accountable,” Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said during a news conference. This year, it seems that there may have been attempts to interrupt the distribution of ballots and ballot materials.”
Republican Representative Laurel Libby said in a statement reported by the Associated Press that “Mainers need to turn out in force, and every single person that supports voter ID and securing our elections needs to get out and vote between now and Nov. 4 to ensure that we secure our elections.”
Amazon told the outlet that it appeared the package was “tampered with outside of our fulfillment and delivery network, and not by an Amazon employee or partner.”
The Maine Republican Party said last week that “Getting Absentee ballots out of the Secretary of State’s Office should be like getting Gold Bars out of Fort Knox, not like taking candy from a baby!”
“Republican, Democrat, Independent, Green and even Communist Parties should be disgusted with Shenna Bellows!” the statement declared.
Republicans have also called for Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate the incident.
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against Maine last month after it failed to provide information relating to voter roll records. The filing alleges the state violated the law by refusing to provide information “regarding the removal of ineligible individuals and to produce an unredacted, computerized state voter registration list.”
