Maine Elections Under Heavy Watch as State Faces Critical EMT Worker Shortage

A file image of voters filling out and casting their ballots at the Cross Insurance Center polling location in Bangor, Maine, for the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 3 of that year. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

With days to go before the midterm elections, the outcome of the gubernatorial race in the state of Maine is under especially heavy watch by a large grassroots group fighting against some of the nation’s strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and some of the most lenient voter identification laws in the United States.

In her campaign to keep her seat, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, has remained committed to her unwavering policy that requires all health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.