With Real ID or a Passport Required to Fly Beginning May 7, Bureau of Motor Vehicles Puts Measures in Place to Ease Wait Times
Scheduling BMV appointment best way to reduce waiting time
AUGUSTA, MAINE – Beginning May 7, 2025, travelers will need a Real ID, passport, or a passport card to fly commercially. As Mainers plan their summer vacation travel, the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has added the following measures to ease wait times for Real ID applicants, including:
Maine State Archives, State Library, and State Museum Closed to the Public to Receive Critical Mechanical Systems Upgrades
For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 9, 2020
Contact: Kyle Hadyniak, Director of Communications
Department of Administrative and Financial Services, (207) 624-7800
Secretary Bellows statement on the House passing the SAVE Act
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows released the following statement following the passage of the SAVE Act by the U.S. House of Representatives today.
An Act to Require an Individual to Present Photographic Identification for the Purpose of Voting
Do you want to change Maine election laws to require voters to show ID before voting, end ongoing absentee voting for seniors and people with disabilities, ban prepaid postage on absentee ballot return envelopes, prohibit requests for absentee ballots by phone or family members, eliminate two days of absentee voting, and make other changes to our elections?
Bellows issues question for people’s veto of state budget
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has issued the question for the people’s veto of the state’s two-year budget, led by Rep. Gary Drinkwater. The question, which will appear on the petitions and – should the people’s veto move forward – Mainers’ ballots, reads
“Do you want to stop most state government operations and programs, including new and ongoing state funding for cities, towns, and schools, by rejecting the state's two-year budget?”