Unite Portland, a political action committee that opposed Ethan Strimling's re-election as mayor, is still expecting to pay fines for being late to file independent expenditure reports.

The effort to expand ranked-choice voting to all city elections was initially led by Fair Elections Portland, but the group failed to gather enough signatures to put it on the ballot.

The deep negativity Lewiston's youngest councilor ever experienced on social media during her campaign was ugly, but she has disavowed the hate and looks forward to representing her constituents.

Michael Faulkingham, a registered voter and resident of District 2, received the most votes in a race that drew no official candidates.

Kate Snyder says in a Q&A with the Portland Press Herald that she's already making plans to meet with city councilors and the city manager to begin the transition to her new full-time job.

The 23-year-old, who also is the youngest person elected to the council, says she's ‘in shock’ over the win and the attention she's getting.

Each of the races was uncontested as Waterville, Fairfield, Winslow and Vassalboro residents returned their representatives to the board of 10.

Housing is the expected development option when the Henry L. Cottrell Elementary school is deeded from Regional School Unit 2 back to Monmouth.

The ordinance sets requirements for medical marijuana retail stores, including a $1,000 fee for applicants.

Barbara Buck, Rita Moran were unopposed in their reelection bids to the Winthrop Town Council.

The new plan, which focuses on environmental protection and maintaining the town’s rural character, will replace one drafted in 1991.

Voters filled two at-large seats and a vacant Ward 3 seat on the Augusta City Council in voting Tuesday.

The town's select board will write a letter on behalf of the town opposing the proposed transmission line.

Wayne Chadwick wins seat after two previous runs, and 20-year veteran Irene Belanger will serve another two-year term on the Select Board.

Canaan, Mercer, Norridgewock, Skowhegan and Smithfield residents approved the funding while Cornville results were still outstanding.

Residents show strong support for all 10 of the town's referendums, which involve amendments to the town charter.

The 23-year-old said the results show that Lewiston voters want change.

Three new school board members for the Fairfield-area district will join three who were reelected.

Diana Scully is elected as Ward 3 councilor in an unopposed election and Dawn Gallagher was reelected to the RSU 2 school board, despite her wish to drop out.

Mark Cayer defeats Tim Lajoie by a tally of 3,237 to 2,521.

Amy Rees, who was appointed in January to fill the seat left vacant when Patricia Hart was elected mayor a year ago, easily defeated Penny Sergent.

The vote was 70 yes to 65 no, according to Town Clerk Jennifer Hebert.

Michael Perkins and David Groder will begin their newly elected terms in January.

Newcomers Flavia M. Oliveira, Claude R. Francke and Richard Andrew Foss were elected to the City Council and Hillary Koch defeated Mayor Nick Isgro for a seat on the Charter Commission.

Unofficial election results collected by the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the Associated Press for ballot questions and statewide and local races.

It's the second time in five months it's been turned down.

By a wide margin, voters approved appropriating $800,000 to purchase a firetruck to replace Farmington Fire Rescue Department's Engine 1.

After taking a commanding lead, the former school board chair wins a late-night ranked-choice runoff.

A petition calls for a statewide referendum on the question of asking the Public Utilities Commission to rescind its vote in support of the CMP project and instead find that the proposal is "not in the public interest."

Polls open across the state Tuesday between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., and all close at 8 p.m.

Voters will decide the fate of the town's mass gathering ordinance at the polls Tuesday.

Statewide turnout is expected to be light on Election Day, but higher in Portland and some other communities with hot local races.

Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Fairfield Community Center at 61 Water St.

The election will be held 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 5 at Thomas College

The referendum is the only local issue on the ballot this year. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Starks Community Center.

Frank Richards is running for the 10-member board's only Vassalboro seat.

Three other local positions are unopposed and three more have no candidates. Residents to choose path forward on medical marijuana facilities in town. Voting will take place 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the portable building at 571 Lakeview Drive.

After that, voters will need to show extenuating circumstances to request an absentee ballot for Tuesday's election.

But its executive director said that a PAC formed to oppose Mayor Ethan Strimling's re-election was late to file reports and could face over $7,000 in fines, while a complaint against Strimling's campaign was unsubstantiated.

Incumbent Council Chair and state Rep. Mike Perkins is running against David Groder and Gerald Harrington for two council spots. Councilor Harold Buzzell will leave his post after his term expires at the end of the year.

While at the polls Nov. 5, residents will also be surveyed on their thoughts about the middle school.

Three of the 4 contenders have raised almost $360,000 combined, and 2 have significant cash on hand to get their messages out during the final week of the campaign.

Three candidates will vie for two at-large Town Council seats at the ballot boxes Tuesday, Nov. 5.

The 4 candidates highlight the support of various backers in city politics, business, arts and education circles.

Several councilors say they don't want a charter commission but felt legally obligated to put it to voters in response to a petition by supporters of a taxpayer-funded clean elections program.

The announcement comes late in a heated mayoral campaign, with incumbent Ethan Strimling's campaign trading ethics complaints with a Portland political action committee formed to oppose his re-election.

While the complaint by the incumbent's campaign says Unite Portland failed to file disclosure reports and concealed a consultant's identity, a group opposing Ethan Strimling's re-election says his operation failed to report in-kind contributions.

Ethan Strimling said in a fundraising email that business leaders ‘heckled’ him for saying he'd propose a $15 minimum wage, but the chamber of commerce calls it a ‘flat-out misrepresentation.’

Two social media pages purporting to back Mark Cayer's mayoral bid are actually undermining it, the Democrat says.