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  May 1, 2025
  

  Maine’s chickadee license plates will start disappearing this week

  The new license plates inspired by the 1901 Maine flag are being made in Canada.

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  April 25, 2025
  

  BMV branches flooded by unprecedented influx of Mainers ahead of Real ID switch

  Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Maine residents will still be able to apply for a Real ID after May 7.

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  November 14, 2024
  

  11 Maine legislative races will be recounted

  The recounts will include House District 141, where Sanford Republican Lucas Lanigan tied with Democrat Patricia Kidder. Lanigan was charged in October with aggravated assault.

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  November 13, 2024
  

  Maine elections chief who drew Trump’s ire narrates House tabulations in livestream

  Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is acting like a play-by-play sports announcer as she describes the state’s process of determining the 2nd Congressional District election winner through ranked choice voting.

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  November 4, 2024
  

  State investigates reports of people illegally offering to drop off absentee ballots in Gardiner, Bangor

  Gardiner City Clerk Kathleen Cutler said the city has received two reports of a person with a Massachusetts license plate offering to take and deliver absentee ballots.

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  July 30, 2024
  

  Here’s the order of 5 Maine ballot questions, including PAC limits, state flag

  Maine voters will weigh in on 2 referendum questions and 3 separate bonds totaling $65 million in November, including a question about the design of the state flag.

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  July 20, 2024
  

  Hundreds pitch ideas for a new Maine state flag design

  Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows will decide which one of about 400 submissions will go to voters in November.

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  June 21, 2024
  

  Here’s what Mainers need to know about the Real ID requirement for air travel

  Starting next May, residents will have to present a Real ID or passport to fly domestically.

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  February 26, 2024
  

  Maine unveils new license plates with natural-looking pine tree

  The changeover, approved by the legislature in July 2023, was spurred by concerns around public safety.

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  February 23, 2024
  

  Maine’s new pine tree license plate to be unveiled next week

  The new standard-issue plates will replace the familiar chickadee plates starting next year.

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