absentee ballots

The number of absentee ballots requested so far this election has already topped the total from two years ago when Maine had a hotly contested gubernatorial contest.

Maine offers no-excuse absentee voting, meaning all voters can cast their ballot absentee without providing a reason. Mail-in ballots will be sent to voters in early October — 30 days before Election Day.

Mainers can cast their absentee ballots for the 2023 election through the mail, or in-person at their town clerk's office

Superior Court Justice William Stokes has denied a group’s request to order changes in Maine’s election law that would make it easier to vote during the…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine is allowing voters to track their absentee ballots online. Officials said Monday that any voter who has requested an absentee…

Voting rights groups are pushing the state to take further steps to ease Mainers' ability to get their votes counted. Anna Kellar of the League of Women…

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is taking steps she says will allow Mainers to vote safely in the November election amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.In a press…

Tens of thousands of ballots have been rejected in key battleground states, where the outcome in November for the presidency and other races could be determined by a small number of votes.

Several blind and visually impaired voters have filed a federal lawsuit over their inability to independently mark paper absentee ballots in Maine.The…

Requests for absentee ballots in Maine’s July primary are already over 71,000. That’s double the number from two years ago, when both major parties had…