Requests can be submitted now but actual ballots won’t be mailed back until October.
Election 2022
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: November’s election gives Maine a chance to build on recent progress
Social and economic reforms spurred by the pandemic are proof that we are capable of meaningful change. Let’s keep going.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Primary takeaways: Abortion backlash in Kansas, Greitens’ collapse
Voters rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion rights in red-state Kansas and repudiated a scandal-tarred former governor seeking a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Kansas voters protect abortion rights, block path to ban
Voters rejected a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would have added language stating that it does not grant the right to abortion.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Gov. Mills says Maine Constitution may already protect abortion access
The governor says her administration is debating whether an amendment is needed to protect abortion access in Maine, or whether that right is already enshrined.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Gov. Mills increases fundraising advantage over LePage
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills collected $605,000, compared with Paul LePage’s approximately $312,000, during the latest 42-day reporting period.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Maine police union backs Golden, LePage in this year’s election
Law enforcement support for the Lewiston Democrat’s reelection bid is a surprise that counters most Republican criticism of lawmaker.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Liz Cheney braces for primary loss, and focus shifts to 2024
As an unequivocal Trump critic on the House Jan. 6, panel, the Wyoming Republican faces consistent and credible death threats, and has been forced to abandon traditional retail campaigning.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine Republicans target state Senate leader using fake – and false – campaign signs
The Maine Republican Party is putting up signs in Aroostook County to fool people into believing Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, wants to defund police, but provided no evidence that he does.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics, Uncategorized
Group using fake name to survey Mainers on culture war issues
The American Principles Project conducted the ‘Maine Today & Public Insight’ poll and said it soon could launch anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant and anti-critical race theory ads attacking Gov. Janet Mills. LePage’s campaign strategist said his team was not behind the poll.