Augusta Polls Close at 8 p.m.

AUGUSTA, ME — Election Day is here.

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In Augusta, the polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. These are the polling locations:

• Ward 1: Augusta Armory, 179 Western Ave.
• Ward 2: City Center, 16 Cony St.
• Ward 3: Civic Center, 76 Community Dr.
• Ward 4: Cony High School, 60 Pierce Dr.

These are the contested races Augusta voters will see on their ballots Election Day:

President

• Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Republican
• Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine, Democratic
• Gary Johnson, Bill Weld, Libertarian
• Jill Stein, Ajamu Baraka, Green Independent

Maine Representative to Congress, District 1

• Chellie Pingree, Democratic
• Mark Holbrook, Republican

State Senator, District 15

• Roger Katz, Republican
• Henry Dilts, Democratic

Representative to the Legislature, District 80

• Richard Bradstreet, Republican
• Lori Fowle, Democratic

Kennebec County Sheriff

• Ryan Reardon, Democratic
• Kenneth Mason, Independent

Kennebec County Commissioner, District 1

• Jeremy Pare, Independent
• Patsy Crockett, Democratic

Kennebec County Probate Judge

• Elizabeth Mitchell, Democratic
• Clarence Spurling, Libertarian
• Kevin Sullivan, Republican

Augusta City Council, At-Large (choose 2)

• Mark O'Brien
• James Paulette
• Corey Wilson

Augusta City Council, Ward 3

• Harold Elliott
• Stanley Koski
• Jarody

Augusta Board of Education, At-Large

• Edward Hastings
• Holly Kiidli

Maine voters will also decide on six referendum questions ranging from legalizing marijuana to raising the minimum wage to requiring background checks for some gun purchases:

Question 1

Do you want to allow the possession and use of marijuana under state law by persons who are at least 21 years of age, and allow the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products subject to state regulation, taxation and local ordinance?

Question 2

Do you want to add a 3% tax on individual Maine taxable income above $200,000 to create a state fund that would provide direct support for student learning in kindergarten through 12th grade public education?

Question 3

Do you want to require background checks prior to the sale or transfer of firearms between individuals not licensed as firearms dealers, with failure to do so punishable by law, and with some exceptions for family members, hunting, self-defense, lawful competitions, and shooting range activity?

Question 4

Do you want to raise the minimum hourly wage of $7.50 to $9 in 2017, with annual $1 increases up to $12 in 2020, and annual cost-of-living increases thereafter; and do you want to raise the direct wage for service workers who receive tips from half the minimum wage to $5 in 2017, with annual $1 increases until it reaches the adjusted minimum wage?

Question 5

Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?

Question 6

Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities, equipment and property acquisition related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds?

Find your Augusta voting ward based on this street list (match your address to your ward number (W-P)):

Additionally, you can look up your voter information on this state voter website.

On Election Day, Augusta voters must be at least 18 years old and show a valid Maine driver's license or state identification.

Here's more information from the Augusta city clerk:

• "If the (voting) applicant does not have a Maine ID, is the last 4 digits of the person's Social Security number is acceptable.
• If ID does not have an Augusta address, the applicant must show proof of residency in the form of a utility bill, checkbook, bank statement, lease or other documentation showing place of residence.
  
• By signing the application, an applicant swears that the information given is correct; taking a false oath or making false statements to a public official is a Class D crime; and knowingly being registered in more than one place, without revealing the prior registration, is also a Class D crime."

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