FARMINGTON (NEWS CENTER Maine) -- The Maine Secretary of State's Office investigated reports of possible voter intimidation in Farmington on Tuesday but later called it more of a free speech issue.
Kristen Schulze Muszynski, the office's director of communications, initially said the office was aware of reports at the Farmington Community Center and that the office didn't believe anyone was impeded from voting but they were looking into it.
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap later told NEWS CENTER Maine there had been a situation at the voting location in Farmington where someone stood in front of the polls with information for college students claiming if you registered to vote you needed to register your car, update your driver's license, register for the draft and all these other things.
"[The man claimed those were] obligations of citizenship — and that is true — but there is no connectivity with your ability to exercise your right to vote," Secretary Dunlap said.
"The information is not inaccurate, but it's not linked to the act of voting," Dunlap said. "The people that are doing this have the right to express their opinions. As long as they don't impede voters or try to keep them from voting, it's not voter intimidation or suppression."
The University of Maine at Farmington is located in Farmington.