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There will be robust primaries for the Democratic and Republican nominations for governor. But the races for Maine's 2nd Congressional District and Senate seat are also expected to draw national interest — and money.
Maine's highest court has cleared a statewide referendum for the November ballot that would require voter Identification to cast ballots in federal, state and local elections. The ruling by Maine's Supreme Judicial Court upholds a lower court ruling rejecting a lawsuit by Republicans and conservatives who claimed Secretary of
The groups behind last year's ballot initiative have always said that their ultimate goal is to get the campaign finance and free speech issue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
A US District court judge rules that the referendum, which was passed by nearly 75% of voters in November, runs afoul of the First Amendment.
The Maine Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ referendum question about “voter ID” can remain on the ballot.
The court says the question written by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is understandable to a reasonable voter and will not mislead them into voting against their wishes
The Fifth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against a Maine law prohibiting foreign entities from contributing to or influencing state candidate elections and ballot initiatives. The law applies to companies with as little as 5% foreign ownership,
A Maine voter-approved law barring companies with stakes held by foreign government from spending on state elections runs afoul of the First Amendment, a panel of First Circuit judges held.
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision to temporarily halt the state from enforcing the law, which voters approved in 2023.
Star: Maine’s highest court has OK’d the language of a voter identification referendum question that highlights other substantial changes the reform would make to state voting laws…. The Dinner Table PAC launched the campaign in April 2024 as an effort
A group of Maine voters failed to convince the state’s high court that the wording of a ballot question relating to proposed amendments to Maine election laws is misleading.