A new poll gave Platner a double-digit lead over Mills among Maine Democrats in the race to take on GOP Senator Susan Collins.
It's been two months since a Penobscot County woman reported finding 250 Maine ballots in a package. State officials said they must be 'slow and meticulous' with their review.
Voters in House District 94 will choose a new representative Feb. 24 following the resignation of former Rep. Kristen Cloutier.
In Maine's latest statewide election, half of the absentee ballots cast and counted were returned by Democratic voters, more than twice the number by Republicans.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows joined Democratic officials from 11 other states in criticizing the proposed expansion of the use of the federal database.