electoral college

As dictated by voters last month, Democrat Kamala Harris will receive three electoral votes from Maine while President-elect Donald Trump will receive a single vote.

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.

A bill joining Maine with states seeking to elect presidents by popular vote hit a roadblock in the Legislature Thursday.The House voted 76-66 against the…

Maine inched closer Tuesday toward joining other states that want to elect presidents by popular vote. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 19-16 to…

There have been four times in the nation’s history that the winner of the electoral college vote did not win the popular vote. Senate President Troy…

Vanquished Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was awarded three of Maine’s electoral votes and President-elect Donald Trump received one…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine Republican Party Chairman Rick Bennett says he's received a steady stream of emails, phone calls and letters urging him not to vote…