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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
Could the 2024 presidential election hinge on Maine? It’s possible.
Electoral College math, recent history and current polling suggest a remote – though not absurd – scenario in which the lone District 2 vote plays an outsized role.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2024
Effort to overturn popular vote bill fails, as activists consider next steps
Organizer James DuPrie said his group is eyeing other ways to prevent Maine from joining 16 other states and Washington, D.C., pledging to commit their Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.
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PublishedMay 12, 2024
Paul Mills: Maine again takes the spotlight in the Electoral College odyssey
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Maine lawmaker warns Nebraska not to monkey with its electoral votes
Maine state House majority leader says if Nebraska tries to help Donald Trump, Maine may act to boost Joe Biden
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
Conservatives compelled by Trump push Nebraska to adopt a winner-take-all election system
Their target is the state’s atypical system of splitting its 5 presidential electoral votes. Maine is the only other state to split its electoral votes.
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PublishedApril 3, 2024
Nebraska may cease using Maine’s system to allocate electoral votes
Trump follows governor's lead and calls for Midwestern state to return to winner-take-all system for presidential elections.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2023
Fake Trump electors settle lawsuit in Wisconsin, agree that Biden won election
Also on Wednesday, Nevada became the 3rd state to criminally charge fake electors, following Georgia and Michigan.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
Electoral protections advance but tribal sovereignty provision left out of massive federal bill
The omnibus spending bill must pass the Senate and House to become law before the new Congress convenes on Jan. 4.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2022
Collins, King upbeat that electoral count reforms will pass during Congress’s lame duck session
The Senate bill, which aims to prevent a repeat of the tactic insurrectionists used on Jan. 6, 2021, gained six more sponsors this week.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Electoral count reforms championed by Sen. Collins on track to pass in Senate
There are 10 Republican sponsors for reforming the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump attempted to exploit to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
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