A month after withdrawing from the state’s Senate race, Gov. Janet Mills suggested she remained an option after the likely Democratic nominee, Graham Platner, faced a new scandal.

The secretary of state is ceding key election functions to deputies ahead of the primary, in which she is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.

The Maine secretary of state's office is investigating after 250 blank election ballots were found in a resident's Amazon order last week, saying misconduct has not been ruled out, while maintaining the safety of the state's election process. The same day ...

A former staffer on Capitol Hill whose career has involved trying to get big money and election deniers out of politics, Jordan Wood feels Maine's 2nd District voters are in tune with his policy proposals.

Nearly 35,000 Mainers have already voted in the upcoming primary election with Democrats returning almost three times as many ballots as Republicans so far. An analysis of state absentee voting data shows that 72% of the returned ballots have been in the Democratic primary election.

Many Maine towns still hold annual town meetings and municipal elections in their traditional springtime setting, during March or April. Five towns in Kennebec County — Albion, Pittston, Sidney, Rome and Vienna — stick to this schedule.

Calling all independent voters! Maine’s June 9 primary election this year is our first held as a semi-open primary. In Maine, independents are registered as “unenrolled.” Unenrolled registered voters can now vote in the June primary to help choose a party’s candidates for the November ballot.

Maine and Nebraska are the only two states that split their Electoral College votes rather than awarding the whole state to a single candidate.