Elections

Published
September 13, 2022

With Kate Snyder stepping aside, who will run for Portland mayor?

The election is still more than a year away and some potential candidates, including former Mayor Ethan Strimling and school board Chair Emily Figdor, said that right now they're focused on other work.
Published
August 5, 2022

Democrats could strip Iowa caucus of opening spot in 2024 campaign

Some Democratic rules committee members privately said that the party is leaning toward either New Hampshire or Nevada going first.
Published
July 8, 2022

Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes

The ruling has critical implications in the 2024 presidential race, in which Wisconsin will again be among a handful of battleground states.
Published
June 11, 2022

Albion votes to explore leaving Fairfield-area school district

At a special Town Meeting election Friday, residents voted 184-23 to support leaving Maine School Administrative District 49.
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.
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.