To ID or not to ID, that is part of the question that Maine residents will be asked to vote on this November. Ballot Question 1 seeks to make a number of changes to the state’s voter ID requirements as well as its current absentee voting rules.

The seat, held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins, could be one of only a few realistic Senate pickup opportunities for Democrats next year — but Janet Mills will need to contend with a primary battle first.

To require photo identification at the polls would be one thing. The ballot measure we're invited to support goes much, much further — with insufficient concern for who or what it would impede.

Supporters, who were represented in Tuesday’s debate by Question 1 organizer Alex Titcomb and state Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, characterized the changes as minor and said they are necessary in order to implement the ID requirement in absentee voting.

The Maine secretary of state said authorities are investigating the 250 blank election ballots that were found in a resident's Amazon order last week.