Your Vote 2023

The suits were filed by Central Maine Power and Versant, and jointly by the Maine Press Association and the Maine Association of Broadcasters.

The Maine Ethics Commission voted unanimously to approve a $35,000 penalty against the Automotive Right to Repair Committee because it was late complying with a transparency law for major funders.

Just over 410,000 ballots were cast on Nov. 8 as voters weighed in on eight statewide referendum questions as well as local races. That is 37% of the state's voting-age population of 1.1 million.

Maine law requires ballot question committees to notify contributors who give more than $100,000 that they have to file a report with the Maine Ethics Commission. But the staff of the Ethics Commission says that the Automotive Right to Repair Committee failed to notify major donors on time on six occasions during the campaign.

A progressive treatment program allows law enforcement, medical providers and legal guardians to petition a court to require a patient with severe and persistent mental illness to follow a treatment plan or face hospitalization. It also allows law enforcement to seize firearms.

Well over 80% of Maine voters approved of Question 2, an electioneering ban on foreign government-owned corporations that have spent tens of millions of dollars trying to influence referendum outcomes, including $14.5 million just this year.

The former Cumberland County sheriff and state lawmaker won 51.5% of the vote, narrowly beating out City Councilor Andrew Zarro, who ended the runoff with 48.5%.

Maine's Constitution will continue to include a provision that says people under guardianship for mental illness don't have the right to vote, even though they do. A federal court found the provision was unconstitutional more than two decades ago.

The retired businessman and former Auburn police officer and deputy chief with the Maine State Police won with more than 60% of the vote.

Maine has officially joined the emerging trend of states looking to curb foreign electioneering.