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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedNovember 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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PublishedJuly 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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PublishedJuly 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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PublishedJune 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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PublishedFebruary 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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PublishedFebruary 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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PublishedJanuary 9, 2024
Maine Compass: Maine must change the way it selects its constitutional officers
Every other state trusts its people or its chief executive to make these consequential decisions. Why can't we?
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2023
Nearly 800 Maine voters left No Labels party after signature-drive confusion
The group, which drew criticism from some voters who said they were misled into changing party affiliations, still has well over the 5,000 signatures needed to qualify for the 2024 ballot.
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