Pattie Aho, the governor’s choice for commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, won unanimous approval by a legislative panel today.

Taking the Capitol for a Day to Washington County, he touts natural gas and school choice.

Maine’s secretary of state promotes his investigation on the radio and during a luncheon in Portland.

That means same-day registration is not inviting abuses, one critic says, but a state official sees ‘vulnerabilities.’

Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers told reporters that his investigations into allegations of voter fraud revealed “vulnerabilities” in Maine’s voting system but cited only one case of illegal voting.

Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers has scheduled an afternoon press conference today to announce the results of his investigation of potential voter fraud in Maine.

The coalition leading the effort to preserve same-day voter registration in Maine officially started its campaign Thursday.

AUGUSTA – The coalition leading the effort to maintain Election Day voter registration officially launched their campaign during a State House press conference today. Barbara McDade, president of the League of Women Voters of Maine, said the state’s 38-year-old law allowing same-day registration should be preserved. “Same-day registration has worked and has helped our state to […]

It will eliminate same-day voter registration unless a people’s veto succeeds.

A new poll released by the Maine Heritage Policy Center shows a narrow majority of Mainers support the new Republican-passed law that eliminates same-day voter registration. The law is the subject of a people’s veto and will be on this November’s ballot.