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The program was approved by voters last fall, following the recommendation of a local charter commission.

The Maine secretary of state has certified the 2022 election results and is estimating that turnout was roughly 75%, a figure that could put the state among the nation's leaders.

Collins and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia unveiled the bipartisan bill in July after leading months of negotiations with their colleagues. Their goal is to modernize a 135-year-old law whose vagaries and ambiguities have concerned constitutional scholars for generations — and that former President Trump exploited in the lead-up to the deadly January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.

Protect Maine Elections' proposal includes a provision that would join Maine in the multi-state effort to amend the U.S. Constitution and reverse the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision that has made such election spending by corporations and unions possible.

And a breakdown of the 13 ballot questions.

Far-right activists and conspiracy theorists who falsely claim that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election are threatening litigation and sending records requests to election officials in multiple states, including Maine.

Maine Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King are playing key roles in an effort to head off any future attempts to overturn presidential elections.

In this week’s Pulse: how SCOTUS could overhaul elections, Mills’ moves to protect abortion seekers and providers, and the nation's governors descend on Portland.

Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says a Colorado election breach is driving a new Maine bill to strengthen the chain of custody of ballots and limit access to voting machines.

Maine town and city clerks are not happy with all of the talk by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Maine governor Paul LePage about rigged…