AUGUSTA — The Department of the Secretary of State is currently accepting submissions of public comment to appear in the 2023 Citizens’ Guide to the Referendum Election.
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Attorney General Aaron Frey released the below statement today:
AUGUSTA — On Friday, July 21, 2023 at noon, supporters of a federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) will gather to commemorate the centennial of the first introduction of the ERA by Alice Paul in 1923. The event will take place in Augusta by the Suffrage Centennial Marker between the State House and the Cultural Building.
AUGUSTA – Rep. Teresa S. Pierce, D-Falmouth, introduced a measure Wednesday that would safeguard Maine's elections against ballot and voting equipment interference.
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has confirmed the Libertarian Party as a Qualified Party in Maine.
The party submitted the State of Maine Certification of Enrollment Requirement to Form a New Party by Party Enrollment form on January 2, 2024. This triggered a review of the number of party enrollees to ensure that the Libertarian Party had at least the required 5,000 voters enrolled in the Party to qualify the party to participate in the Primary Election to be held June 11, 2024.
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has announced that Addison has launched Rapid Renewal, the Department of the Secretary of State’s online service for the renewal of motor vehicle registrations.
Rapid Renewal allows Mainers to conduct business with municipal and state government in one seamless online transaction.
While municipal participation in Rapid Renewal is optional, the service has now includes 340 municipalities and more than 3.1 million transactions have been processed to date.
AUGUSTA — The latest Enrolled and Registered Data Files have been posted on the state Elections Division’s website.
The Statewide Registered and Enrolled Data File is a statistical report recording how many citizens are registered to vote, detailed to the county, municipality, voting districts and party level.
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has confirmed the No Labels Party as a Qualified Party in Maine.
The party submitted the State of Maine Certification of Enrollment Requirement to Form a New Party by Party Enrollment form on Dec. 13, 2023. This triggered a review of the number of party enrollees to ensure that No Labels had at least the required 5,000 voters enrolled in the Party to qualify the party to participate in the Primary Election to be held June 11, 2024.
As of January 2, 2024, there were 9,423 Maine voters enrolled in the No Labels Party.
AUGUSTA — Recounts of ballots cast have been scheduled for several legislative races, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced today.
| Day | Date | Time | District | Candidate 1 | Candidate 2 | Unofficial, preliminary votes for candidate 1 | Unofficial, preliminary votes for candidate 2 |
AUGUSTA — The challenge to the petitions filed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to nominate slates of candidates for the office of presidential elector has been withdrawn by the challenger.
The challenge from James Stretch of Topsham had been received by the Secretary of State on August 8.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows accordingly dismissed the matter, and the hearing schedule for August 14 at 9 a.m. is cancelled.