Establish a process for people to request “extreme risk protection orders” against individuals who are believed to be dangerous. These orders would prohibit those individuals from possessing firearms or other weapons.
Two referendum questions are being voted on across Maine. One has to do with changing election laws, including establishing voter ID, while the other is about creating a red flag law.
NEWS CENTER Maine spoke with Secretary of State Shenna Bellows about what voters should know before heading to the polls.
Mainers voted Tuesday on changes to election and gun laws with Questions 1 and 2, and many communities voted on municipal elections and local referendums.
Maine's four-person Congressional delegation is one of the smallest in the country. Yet their mixed votes on the bill to reopen the government reflect the national divide over the fraught issue.
There was a high voter turnout across the state of Maine today. Bangor in particular saw long lines throughout the day.
Maine's Total Coverage has put together a voting guide with information Mainers should know before heading to the polls.
The city released recount results Friday after concerns that municipal ballots were inadvertently mixed in with state ballots.
Angela Walker was one of three people sworn in for the city council on Monday. She had been sentenced to 10 years in prison.