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Elections

Published
June 3, 2022

As vote nears on Fairfield water expansion project, state says it’s unable to fund filter systems ‘in perpetuity’

Fairfield is considering a $48 million expansion of the public water system as a way to help those with private wells that testing has found to be contaminated by PFAS.
Published
May 23, 2022

Elections officials fight misinformation about Maine’s voting security

Voter fraud has been rare and identifiable in the state because of paper ballots and individual voter histories.
Published
May 23, 2022

Vacant and newly filled election clerk jobs are a concern ahead of Maine primaries

Municipalities are trying to fill several top local election jobs that are vacant due to retirements or harassment.
Published
April 22, 2022

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene hostile in testimony as her candidacy is challenged

Five voters in her Georgia congressional district say she shouldn't run, alleging that she helped facilitate the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection
Published
April 15, 2022

More Republican states are coming around on paper ballots

Some GOP voters remain distrustful of voting machines following the controversy over the 2020 presidential election.

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Published
March 29, 2022

Kennebunk voters soundly defeat effort to recall school board member

The effort to recall Tim Stentiford failed by a 1,716-516 margin, Kennebunk Town Clerk Merton Brown said late Tuesday.
Published
March 10, 2022

Gov. Mills files to qualify for November ballot

Mills' campaign announced the filing of nomination petitions in a news release Thursday, days after formally announcing her re-election bid.
Published
March 9, 2022

Maine Legislature advances election security, transparency bills

One bill was inspired by third party audits of the 2020 presidential election in Colorado and Arizona, where partisan actors sought to cast doubt on and overturn election results.
Published
February 7, 2022

Legislative panel endorses bills to strengthen election protections

One bill would enhance protections for election officials and the other would clarify the chain of custody for ballots and voting machines.
Published
January 28, 2022

Pennsylvania court strikes down mail-in voting law

Just over 2.5 million Pennsylvania residents voted by mail in 2020′s presidential election, most of them Democrats.