The Maine Wire has published video and witness accounts from Lewiston City Hall during early voting showing groups of Somalis being dropped off by NGOs, met by translators at the door, escorted into the voting area, and assisted in ways that observers say have crossed into illegal electioneering.
In one video, translators approached Somali voters who had not requested help, even after poll workers told them not to.
The Department of Justice has announced it is sending election monitors to polling places in Portland and Lewiston for the midterm elections, the Maine Secretary of State’s office confirmed after the videos dropped.
Maine Wire reporter Jon Fetherston said he spent multiple days documenting the activity and personally observed it more than 100 times.
