Portland election-funding reform group says it will appeal lawsuit’s dismissal

Fair Elections Portland sued after the City Council decided not to put a proposal to publicly fund municipal election campaigns to voters.

Group eyes 5 fall ballot questions in Portland

The initiatives, which include seeking to increase the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour, must be reviewed by the city staff before petition signatures can be gathered.

With Trump their only choice, more Maine Republicans than usual left ballots blank

An analysis of Tuesday's voting in the state's largest towns shows that 1 in 5 of the party's primary voters left the president's oval blank or wrote in another name.

Another poll shows Gideon leading Collins in potential Senate match-up

The survey by the left-leaning firm Public Policy Polling also shows President Trump trailing both Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders among likely Maine voters.

Portland overwhelmingly approves expansion of ranked-choice voting

Close to 80% of voters backed the proposal to use ranked-choice voting in all local elections.

Biden and Sanders in close primary battle as count goes into Wednesday

Turnout was heavy for Maine's first presidential primary in 20 years, and with 78% of polling places counted, Biden leads Sanders by about 1,350 votes.

Interactive map on Maine Democratic presidential primary

Town-by-town results

March 2020 Maine statewide and local election results

Mainers to cast ballots in Super Tuesday presidential primaries, vaccinations referendum

Maine is one of 14 states participating in the Super Tuesday primaries but has received relatively little attention from candidates aside from campaign advertising.

Wrinkle emerges in proposal to expand ranked-choice voting in Portland

If the expansion passes Tuesday, the process may need to be changed before a multi-seat school board race in 2022.