Maine’s Election Day Issues: Getting Asked to Show ID and a Town Running Out of Ballots

Three key Maine races are going to ranked-choice voting. Here’s what happens next.

The Secretary of State’s office aims to have all results tabulated before June 19.

Maine’s Election Day issues: Getting asked to show ID and a town running out of ballots

From Gorham to Berwick to South Portland and elsewhere, Maine voters and clerks reported a few hiccups and problems on Election Day.

Early data, observations at polls signal high voter turnout in Maine’s primary election • Maine Morning Star

Voters wait in line at the Woodfords Club in Portland, Maine during the June 9, 2026 primary election. (Photo by Jim Neuger / Maine Morning Star)Some Maine polls ran out of ballots and saw long wait times during Tuesday’s primary, illustrating the interest in the many crowded, and in some cases nationally watched, contests.  Chief Deputy Secretary of State Kate McBrien said she knows of at least three towns that ran out of ballots — Portland, We…

Election Results in Maine Could Take More Than a Week

New York Times: “More than 12 hours after polls closed, multiples primary races in Maine — including for the Democratic and Republican nominations for governor, and for a Democratic congressional primary — had not yet not been decided by Wednesday morning.” “But the delay was expected because those races featured large fields of candidates. Maine uses a ranked-choice voting system, sometimes referred to as an ‘instant runoff’ election. If a sing…