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Elections

Published
October 21, 2021

Maine joins dozens of states to improve voter registration

Joining the nonprofit center will allow Maine to more efficiently identify people who have moved, registered elsewhere or died outside the state.
Published
October 20, 2021

Senate Republicans again block Democrats’ voting rights bill

The current version of the bill would establish national rules for running elections, limit partisanship in the drawing of congressional districts and force the disclosure of many anonymous donors who spend big to influence elections.
Published
September 24, 2021

Republican review finds no proof Arizona election stolen from Trump

The report was an embarrassing end to a widely criticized, and at times bizarre, quest to prove allegations that election officials and courts have rejected.
Published
September 7, 2021

Referendum would require vote on cost of buying out CMP and Versant

CMP-backed opponents of a proposed consumer-owned utility in Maine say voters should have the final say on the purchase price.
Published
July 29, 2021

Maine supreme court denies bid to split power corridor referendum into 3 questions

A state lawmaker wanted the court to order the Secretary of State's Office to split an upcoming ballot measure challenging the NECEC project into separate questions for voters.

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Published
July 12, 2021

Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop Republican voting bill

When Democrats last fled the state 2 decades ago – in an ultimately failed attempt to stop new Republican-drawn voting maps – state troopers were deployed to try bringing them back.
Published
July 12, 2021

Trump lawyers might be penalized over Michigan election lawsuit based on ‘conjecture’

The state also is asking for Trump's team to reimburse at least $11,000 the state had to spend in legal fees.
Published
June 22, 2021

Senate Republican filibuster halts Democrats’ signature voting rights bill

Maine’s senators split their votes on the measure, with independent Angus King voting to proceed on the bill, and Susan Collins, a Republican, voting against proceeding.
Published
June 7, 2021

Lawsuit seeks to split upcoming power line ballot question into three issues

Rep. Christopher Caiazzo, D-Scarborough, filed the lawsuit last week in Cumberland County Superior Court.
Published
June 1, 2021

Bill to open primaries in Maine gains support from Olympia Snowe

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers and former lawmakers seeking to open Maine's party primaries to unenrolled voters.