Secretary of State Shenna Bellows
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PublishedDecember 27, 2023
Trump lawyers want Maine secretary of state to disqualify herself from ruling on ballot access
In a filing Wednesday, attorneys for the former president said statements that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows made on social media show she already has decided Trump engaged in insurrection and that she is biased against him.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2023
Judge affirms decision to keep Chris Christie off Maine presidential primary ballot
The campaign is evaluating its options regarding a possible appeal, a spokesperson said.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2023
Secretary of state delays decision on Trump ballot access after Colorado ruling
Challengers seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off Maine's presidential primary ballot say a Colorado court ruling this week helps their case.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
Voter rolls become new battleground over secure elections as amateur sleuths hunt fraud
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says her office wants to make sure that no voters are harassed or threatened because of their decision to register and cast a ballot.
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PublishedApril 19, 2023
Secretary of state denies Brunswick polling site switch
The Brunswick Town Council last year voted to move the town's polling site from the junior high school to the recreation center.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2022
In Maine and nationwide, Real ID requirement for air travel is delayed – again
The Department of Homeland Security has pushed back the date for requiring federally approved IDs to May 2025.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2022
Early voting in Maine going smoothly, unlike in some states
Absentee ballot requests have already exceeded levels from last gubernatorial and midterm election in 2018, with Democrats slightly outpacing their previous proportion of requests.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2021
Big drop in absentee ballots this year, but in-person voting hard to predict
Voters shattered absentee voting records in 2020 during the height of the pandemic and a close presidential race, but absentee returns are down sharply this year.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2021
Vulgar license plates are out as hundreds of new laws take effect in Maine
One of the statutes going on the books Monday limits what you can say on a vanity license plate and allows Maine's secretary of state to recall already-issued plates with offensive or violent messages.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
Push to audit Maine’s 2020 election takes cues from fraught effort in Arizona
A group collecting signatures says it wants Maine to do a ‘forensic audit’ of its 2020 results, but Attorney General Aaron Frey says the document that voters are signing has no legal merit.