Election returns late Tuesday night showed 71% of voters supported the borrowing package, which includes $85 million for highways and bridges.
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Minneapolis voters reject replacing police department, 18 months after George Floyd’s death
Even opponents of the city charter change stressed the urgency of transforming policing in the city.
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Question 1: Voters soundly reject power line corridor
Tuesday’s outcome is a repudiation of the NECEC transmission line project, but power line supporters vowed to fight the measure in court.
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Republican Youngkin wins Virginia governor’s race, jolting Democrats
The loss in Virginia deepens the sense of alarm in the Democratic Party heading into next year’s midterm elections.
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Voting is steady with no reported problems in Maine
Voting is steady as Mainers head to the polls to have their say on a 145-mile power line to serve as a conduit for Canadian hydropower and a constitutional amendment to enshrine residents’ right to grow, raise, harvest and produce their own food.
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Statewide and town-by-town results for Election 2021
Real-time statewide results from the 2021 election. Use the navigation below to view map to view town-by-town results for Question 1, or search for towns in the field below. Polls close at 8 p.m.
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Election stories from Tuesday night
Stories about how candidates and issues fared at the polls.
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Maine voters weigh in on big issues: Electricity, roads, food
In Portland, residents also will vote on a referendum that would limit the size of future homeless shelters.
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Where to vote Tuesday in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties
Communities within the Sun Journal’s coverage area will be voting Tuesday in the following locations.
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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.