Revived efforts for Maine voters to elect constitutional officers founder • Maine Morning Star

Revived efforts for Maine voters to elect constitutional officers founder • Maine Morning Star

Voters cast their ballots at the Quimby School gymnasium in Bingham, Maine on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (Photo by Michael G. Seamans/ Maine Morning Star)Renewed efforts by some lawmakers for the state to adopt a system where voters elect the state’s constitutional officers again failed this year.  Maine is an outlier in having the Legislature appoint constitutional officers and state auditors. Rather than giving that power to state legislators,…