Overview
- Maine’s Question 1 failed by roughly 60% to 40%, with the race called by the Bangor Daily News and Decision Desk HQ on election night.
- Question 2 passed by about 59% to 41%, creating an extreme-risk protection order process that builds on the state’s existing yellow flag system in the wake of debate after the 2023 Lewiston shooting.
- The defeated voter ID measure would have required photo identification and tightened absentee rules by cutting two days of absentee voting, limiting drop boxes, and ending ongoing absentee status for seniors and people with disabilities.
- Opponents of Question 1 dramatically out-raised supporters and mounted late canvassing, while nearly 145,000 absentee requests—skewing heavily toward Democrats—set the tone for turnout.
- Texas voters approved a constitutional ban on noncitizen voting, a change expected to have little practical effect because registrants already attest to citizenship, and Maine officials continue investigating unmarked ballots found in an Amazon package with FBI assistance.