News

Maine's top elections official tells DOJ to 'jump in the Gulf of Maine' over voter data request
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has joined her elections counterparts from multiple other states who say they don't plan to comply with the Department of Justice requests for personal data on voters.
'Go jump in the Gulf of Maine': Secretary of state rejects DOJ request for Maine voter data
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was expected to provide an update on the Justice Department's inquiry into Maine voter registration list.
Maine rejects Justice Department’s request for all voters’ personal info, list of election officials
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said the federal government has sent the same request for voters’ personal information in all 50 states.
Secretary of State says Maine will deny DOJ's voter information demand, says it violates constitution
Maine is now the latest state to field a request from the Department of Justice asking that the state turn over all its voter information. The request came
Maine Secretary of State pushes back against Department of Justice
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows responded on Tuesday to the Department of Justice's request for voter information.
Trump administration requested voter data. Secretary Bellows says, ‘Go jump in the Gulf of Maine’
The U.S. Department of Justice asked Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to provide access to the state’s voter registration list and other sweeping election data. Bellows told Maine Morning Star she will respond in the next few days by telling the DOJ that it does not have the right to such information.
Bellows: Justice Department can 'jump in the Gulf of Maine'
Maine's secretary of state says the U.S. Department of Justice can "jump in the Gulf of Maine" and she will not comply with demands for state voter registrations. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat running for governor in 2026,
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows declines to hand over electronic voter registration list to Trump Administration
“NCIS: Tony & Ziva” star Cote de Pablo reveals why she and Michael Weatherly didn't want an intimacy coordinator Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier dies in climbing accident aged 31, according to her management
'Go jump in the Gulf of Maine': Maine Secretary of State rejects DOJ request for voter records
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who is running for Maine governor in 2026, says the Justice Department is requesting sensitive personal information of every voter.
Bellows vows to protect Maine voters’ privacy, rejects DOJ data demand
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says she won’t hand over Maine’s voter registration list to the U.S. Department of Justice, calling the Trump administration’s sweeping request for several states’ voting lists unconstitutional and an invasion of privacy.
Maine Public14d

Secretary of State investigation finds no evidence to voter fraud allegations

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said an investigation by her office found that 11 of the names portrayed as being the same person were, in fact, different people. Nineteen people were recorded by ...

Pingree leads gov race in early fundraising; Bellows close behind.

Bobby Charles, the former Bush administration official, led the GOP field in money raised in the most recent filing. Independent Rick Bennett also broke $200,000.
WABI-TV4mon

Sec. of State Shenna Bellows announces run for Governor in hometown

HANCOCK, Maine (WABI) - Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ sights are now set on the Governor’s Office. Bellows kicked off her campaign trail in Hancock Wednesday, to announce her candidacy ...
AlterNet on MSN1d

State elections chief shuts down Trump's demand for voter data with brutal 7-word response

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) issued a bold rebuttal Tuesday to the demand from President Donald Trump's ...
Opinion
Central Maine6dOpinion

Maine needs proposed voter ID law | Letter

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has used inflammatory language to rewrite the voter ID referendum to read: “Do you want to change Maine election laws to eliminate two days of absentee voting, ...