Senate Democrats tread lightly on Maine primary as new poll shows Graham Platner leading Janet Mills
Who is Graham Platner, Maine's Senate candidate and why is he in the national spotlight?
Senate Democrats Steer Clear Of Embattled Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner
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Ballot guide: Question 1 — Changes to Maine election laws

To ID or not to ID, that is part of the question that Maine residents will be asked to vote on this November. Ballot Question 1 seeks to make a number of changes to the state’s voter ID requirements as well as its current absentee voting rules.
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Maine changes Election Day ballot courier after ballots wound up in Amazon package

The Maine Secretary of State's Office has decided not to use UPS or the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the remaining 2025 ballots following a situation in Newburgh, where a woman claimed she found 250 blank ballots in her Amazon package.
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Sparks Flying in Maine’s Senate Race

Susan Collins remains forever unconcerned. One of the Republicans’ most reliable meme generators isn’t fretting over Janet Mills’s entry into the race for Maine’s Senate seat alongside oyster farmer Graham Platner.

Can Maine primary losers appear on the general election ballot? | Fact brief

State law bars 'cross-filing,' meaning a candidate can seek to appear on the ballot via party primary or independent petition — but not both.

What to know about the tumultuous Maine Senate primary

Maine Democrat Graham Platner remains committed to his U.S. Senate campaign despite a growing list of controversies

Latest filings in campaign finance court battle argue Maine has legal right to regulate super PACs

The next piece of the puzzle for the group hoping to get the U.S. Supreme Court to establish greater regulations on money in elections was laid on Wednesday. Two appeals were filed in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston after a federal district court in July ruled that a 2024 Maine law overwhelmingly

Question 1 could stop Maine prisoners from voting

Others disagree. The League of Women Voters of Maine argued that Question 1 will only guarantee voter suppression. The nonpartisan coalition Save Maine Absentee Voting, of which the League of Women Voters, the ACLU of Maine and others are members, said that, if enacted, Question 1 would unfairly restrict Mainers’ access to the ballot box.

Maine conservative PAC told to stop mailing prefilled voter registration cards

A conservative political action committee has been ordered by Maine's Secretary of State to cease and desist after sending out voter registration mailings.

Maine Oyster Farmer’s Dad Somehow Found $60,000 To Drop On Democrats Despite ‘Working Class’ Background

Oyster farmer and Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s father has contributed approximately $60,000 to Democratic candidates and causes, according to federal records. Bronson Platner, the father of Graham Platner and a retired lawyer and assistant district attorney,
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Maine’s Question 1 is a Republican temper tantrum | Victoria Hugo-Vidal

One of the many wonderful things I love about Maine is its voter participation rates. We Mainers take participatory democracy seriously. In 2024, Maine’s voter turnout rate was third in the country, with 74.8% of the voting age population casting a ballot.