To ID or not to ID, that is part of the question that Maine residents will be asked to vote on this November. Ballot Question 1 seeks to make a number of changes to the state’s voter ID requirements as well as its current absentee voting rules.

One of the many wonderful things I love about Maine is its voter participation rates. We Mainers take participatory democracy seriously. In 2024, Maine’s voter turnout rate was third in the country, with 74.8% of the voting age population casting a ballot.

With about eight months before the primary election, there is a chance that candidates will come and go from this race. The chairman of the Maine GOP said the state party plans to hold more forums as the race develops.

A conservative political action committee has been ordered by Maine's Secretary of State to cease and desist after sending out voter registration mailings.

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Supporters, who were represented in Tuesday’s debate by Question 1 organizer Alex Titcomb and state Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, characterized the changes as minor and said they are necessary in order to implement the ID requirement in absentee voting.

The Maine secretary of state said authorities are investigating the 250 blank election ballots that were found in a resident's Amazon order last week.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is confident law enforcement will ultimately uncover why 250 official ballots were allegedly delivered to a Newburgh home in an Amazon package. She also said the incident underscored that Maine’s processes work and that the state’s elections are safe and secure.

Five candidates are seeking two three-year terms on the Sanford City Council in Sanford, Maine, during the Nov. 4 election.

The Senate candidate blamed the posts on a state of "disillusionment" with the world following his military service.