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Elections

Published
March 27, 2023

Council to consider changes to Portland referendum process

With another citizen-initiated referendum going to voters this June, the City Council may propose changing the number of signatures required and the timeframe to amend measures that pass.
Published
February 13, 2023

Brunswick conservationist declares interest in vacant Town Council seat

Jennifer Hicks will seek election to Brunswick Town Council during a special Feb. 28 election as a declared write-in candidate.
Published
December 7, 2022

Justices skeptical of Republicans’ case to give total election control to legislatures

State courts have become the only legal forum for challenging partisan congressional maps since the Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that those lawsuits cannot be brought in federal court.
Published
November 6, 2022

Our View: Join election workers in defense of democracy

Republicans have made attacking the integrity of elections central to their strategy. That’s dangerous.
Published
October 30, 2022

Bowdoin students rally classmates to hit the polls

Student volunteers for Bowdoin Votes have spent the semester putting up flyers, hosting tabling sessions and leading walks to Town Hall in order to encourage their classmates to exercise their right to vote this fall.

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Published
October 19, 2022

With no candidates on ballot for Brunswick council race, write-in steps up to run for District 6 seat

For the first time in decades, no candidate will officially be on the ballot in the race for District 6 Town Councilor in Brunswick, but resident Nathaniel Shed has informed the town clerk's office he wants to job and will be offered as a write-in option.
Published
October 16, 2022

Brunswick candidates address voters at forum

Brunswick Town Council and School Board candidates addressed voters Thursday at a pair of forums hosted by Curtis Memorial Library and the League of Women Voters of Maine.
Published
October 3, 2022

Midcoast towns prepare for early voters

Midcoast residents can begin casting absentee ballots as soon as this week.
Published
September 27, 2022

Senate Republican leader McConnell backs post-Jan. 6 revisions to elections law

The legislation would clarify and expand parts of the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which, along with the Constitution, governs how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential winners.
Published
September 20, 2022

Congress considers its strongest legislative response yet to Jan. 6 attack

Proposals to change the law governing electoral votes would make it harder for lawmakers to object if they don’t like the results of an election and would clarify laws that could allow a state's vote to be delayed.