The town completed the process and voted to leave, but did not have enough votes to validate it.
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After Republicans’ win in Virginia, Democrats fear implications for 2022
Democrats saw the race for Virginia’s governor as a test of whether they could turn out voters when their chief nemesis, Donald Trump, was not on the ballot.
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Posted inLocal Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Rare ranked-choice tie means Portland will decide at-large council race by drawing lots
The top two vote-getters in the four-way race got the exact same number of votes in a ranked-choice runoff.
Posted inElections, Maine
Database: Town-by-town vote counts for the ‘right to food’ amendment
The statewide referendum asked voters if they favored an amendment to the Maine Constitution “to declare that all individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being.”
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Database: Town-by-town vote counts on the $100 million transportation bond
Most of the money will go toward highways and bridges, while $15 million goes to other projects focusing on rail, aviation and ports.
Posted inElections, Maine
Database: Town-by-town vote counts for Question 1
The referendum was intended to stop the New England power line corridor.
Posted inLocal Elections, Maine, News
Kennebunk voters release town from Barnard Tavern deed restriction
But the vote to free the town from enforcing a ban on tearing it down does not necessarily mean the owners will be allowed to do so to rebuild it.
Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine
Democrat elected to fill Augusta-area House seat previously held by Republican
Raegan LaRochelle defeated James Orr in race to fill vacant spot of House District 86, according to unofficial results.
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Maine voters pass the nation’s first ‘right to food’ amendment
Supporters of the amendment to the Maine Constitution positioned it as a chance for Mainers to take control of the food supply back from large landowners and giant retailers.
Posted inBusiness, Elections, Maine, News
Maine voters approve $100 million transportation bond
Election returns late Tuesday night showed 71% of voters supported the borrowing package, which includes $85 million for highways and bridges.