Maine voters on Tuesday soundly rejected a proposal to implement voter ID requirements and limit absentee voting. The Associated Press called the race just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday. With 96 percent of the votes counted as of 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, the majority of voters — 64 percent — had voted against Question 1.

On Tuesday, Maine voters rejected Question 1, a Republican-backed measure primarily about voter ID, that, if approved, would have restricted absentee voting and ballot access and disenfranchised eligible voters.

“Once again, Maine people have affirmed their faith in our free, fair, and secure elections, in this case by rejecting a direct attempt to restrict voting rights. Maine has long had one of the highest rates of voter turnout in the nation, in good part due to safe absentee voting — and Maine people tonight have said they want to keep it that way.”

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Maine and Texas are the latest states where Republicans are pushing ballot initiatives targeting noncitizen voting, which is rare.