Results collected and updated in real time by the Sun Journal and Associated Press for Maine’s June 12 primary contests, ballot questions and selected local elections.
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Dunlap says 'don't exaggerate' after LePage calls ranked-choice voting 'horrific'
LEWISTON — Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap took issue Tuesday with Gov. Paul LePage’s remark that ranked-choice voting is the “most horrific thing in the world.” “If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a billion times: Don’t exaggerate,” Dunlap said in response. LePage told News Center Maine on Tuesday that he will “probably not” […]
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Maine begins putting ‘non-binary’ on driver’s licenses for those not ‘F’ or ‘M’
Maine is the third state in the nation to offer the option of non-binary gender designation on driver’s licenses and identification cards. The change was made after Ian-Meredythe Dehne Lindsey – a South Portland person who identifies as neither male nor female and has suffered through decades of alienation and abuse because of it – […]
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With first ranked-choice election, LePage says he ‘probably’ won’t certify results
[UPDATE:Matthew Dunlap urges Paul LePage to stop exaggerating about ranked-choice voting] As Mainers headed to the polls for primary voting Tuesday morning, Gov. Paul LePage announced he may not certify the results. Tuesday is the first time in Maine when voters statewide will use a ranked-choice system, which allows voters to submit a ballot that […]
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Gridlock breaks as Legislature’s budget committee agrees on $41 million in spending
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Monday to endorse a package of bills that would add about $41 million in spending to the state’s two-year budget, with much of the funding aimed at helping those with disabilities, the elderly or people in the grip of opioid use disorders. The 12-0 vote on […]
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Mainers go to polls in first statewide test of ranked-choice voting
AUGUSTA — Maine voters will head to the polls Tuesday to select Republican and Democratic nominees for governor, and decide the fate of ranked-choice voting in statewide elections. While many party loyalists in Maine will be waiting to see who prevails among the seven Democratic and four Republican gubernatorial candidates, political observers around the country […]
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Androscoggin County polling places
Auburn — 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ward 1 Washburn School, 35 Lake Auburn Ave. Ward 2 Auburn Middle School, 38 Falcon Drive Ward 3 Fairview School, 397 Minot Ave. Ward 4 Auburn Hall, 60 Court St. Ward 5 Sherwood Heights School, 32 Sherwood Drive Durham — 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Durham Community School, […]
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Election results at sunjournal.com
Some of the results from today’s primary elections may come in after the Sun Journal’s regular deadlines Tuesday, but we will post live results throughout the night and all week at sunjournal.com. Online coverage will be available without limitation to non-subscribers Tuesday and Wednesday. Go to sunjournal.com and enter your email address for full access. […]
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Compromise in Augusta includes $4 million for program to deal with lead paint
AUGUSTA — A budget deal worked out among legislative leaders Monday includes a $4 million lead abatement program that would significantly boost efforts to combat a health issue that is especially severe in Lewiston and Auburn. “I’m pretty pumped” to learn the program made the cut, said Rep. Jared Golden, a Lewiston Democrat who has […]
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Effort to undermine Bruce Poliquin in Bangor is working, poll claims
A sustained advertising campaign in the Bangor area that battered Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin for his votes in favor of the GOP’s tax cut plan and against the Affordable Care Act cut deeply into the two-term lawmaker’s favorability ratings. The case study on the potential impact of highlighting a swing district congressman’s votes took […]