The chair of the Maine Democratic Party announced Thursday she won’t seek re-election when members select leaders later this month. Bev Uhlenhake, a former city councilor and mayor in Brewer and former chair of the Penobscot County Democrats, has served as chair of the state party since January 2023. She is also a previous vice chair of the party.

Finding Our Voices, a statewide nonprofit that provides support for survivors of domestic violence, organized an educational protest on Main Street in response to Rep. Lucas Lanigan, R-Sanford, being charged with one count of domestic violence aggravated assault weeks before the election.

Backers of a plan to require photo identification to vote in Maine elections collected more than 170,000 signatures to put the question on the ballot this year. The group Voter ID for Maine submitted the signed petitions on Monday to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' office for review and certification,

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was sworn into office for her third term Wednesday. Governor Janet Mills conducted the formal swearing-in of all the constitutional officers, which includes Bellows,

The Star-Spangled Banner rang through the halls of the State House Monday afternoon as volunteers from the Voter ID for ME campaign sang as they carried more than a dozen boxes full of petition signatures to the Maine Secretary of State’s office.

“We are entitled to a system that's not only free of corruption, but also a system that is free of the appearance of corruption,” Cara McCormick, leader of the group Citizens to End Super PACs in Maine that led the campaign, told Salon.

A campaign pushing to require a photo ID for voting says it's collected more than 170,000 signatures to get the issue on the November ballot. Opponents warn it's one of the most restrictive in the U.S.

But the chamber split along party lines on the issue, with one Republican leader arguing that lawmakers should wait until the courts resolve the charges against Rep. Lucas Lanigan of Sanford.

You will soon have to show a picture ID to vote in Maine if one conservative group gets its way. Organizers turned in what they say are more than 170,000 signatures, more than is required to force a state-wide vote on the issue.

Advocates say the measure will boost trust in elections and align the state with popular opinion. Opponents argue the devil is in the details.

Last Sunday’s Maine Sunday Telegram contained an op-ed decrying the statute ... is whether the reasoning of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission 558 U.S. 310 (2010) invalidating state and federal regulation ...

The chair of the Maine Democratic Party announced Thursday she won't seek re-election when members select leaders later this month. Bev Uhlenhake, a former city councilor and mayor in Brewer and former chair of the Penobscot County Democrats,