In local elections, town officials are left to enforce many of Maine’s election laws — and sometimes, they don’t.
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Bill Diamond, former Maine secretary of state and state senator, dies at 80
In recent years, the Democrat from Windham had become a fervent critic of Maine’s child protective system.
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Mainers like absentee voting. Question 1 would make that option harder.
The November referendum has been framed around requiring voter ID, but it also includes a host of changes to absentee voting.
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Mainers like absentee voting. Question 1 would make that option harder.
The November referendum has been framed around requiring voter ID, but it also includes a host of changes to absentee voting.
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Secretary of state found no instances of dual voting in Maine despite Republican Party’s claims
The investigation found that the Maine GOP’s allegations that 51 Mainers voted twice in the same election in 2024 were false, although hundreds of residents were indeed registered to vote in different towns, according to state databases.
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Judge rules language of voter ID referendum doesn’t need to change
A group campaigning to require photo identification when voting sued the secretary of state over the wording of the question.
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State warns of widespread text scam
The message claimed to be from the ‘Department of Motor Vehicles,’ which doesn’t exist in Maine, and prompted recipients to provide payment information.
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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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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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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.