Trump has, inadvertently, reaffirmed the validity and security of our election process

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Michael Carpenter, an attorney in Houlton, is finishing his second term representing District 2 in the Maine Senate. Maybe our month of post-presidential angst will prove to be good for our system. Like many, I have watched with concern as President Donald Trump has denied the...