President Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills clashed over Trump's order banning transgender athletes from playing in girl and women sports.

Maine voters will decide whether the state will become the latest to require voter identification after backers of a proposed referendum cleared a major hurdle to the November ballot. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said her office has certified the voter ID ballot question after organizers submitted more than 171,

A conservative group has enough signatures on a petition to put a statewide voter ID initiative on the November ballot.

The state’s first female governor and first female district attorney, the longtime Democratic politician has a history of supporting law enforcement.

Maine voters will decide whether the state will become the latest to require voter identification at the polls

Under the Maine Constitution, as a citizen initiative, the issue now goes to the legislature for consideration. The legislature can choose to enact the bill as written or to send it forward to a statewide vote in November 2025. Voter ID is already law in 36 other states.

The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials. The administration is shuttering the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and last week cut more than 100 positions at the U.

In next Tuesday’s House special election, voters will choose between two well-known Bangor residents, Sean Faircloth and Carolyn Fish.

However, opponents, including Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, argue that same-day registration is crucial for maintaining high voter participation. Bellows noted that Maine has been on top of the nation in voter turnout since the law's enactment in 1973.

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on the minds of German voters. The far-right AfD is polling in second place.

After multiple failed attempts to get a Voter ID bill through the Democratic-controlled Legislature, activists gathered more than 170,000 signatures to force a statewide vote on whether voters should be required to present photo identification at polling places.