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Maine secretary of state tells DOJ to ‘go jump in the Gulf of Maine’ after refusing voting records request
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said that federal officials were overstepping Constitutional boundaries in asking for voter data.
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.
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
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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
'Go jump in the Gulf of Maine': Maine denies DOJ's request for list of state voters
Maine is not the first state to receive this request, and Bellows says it will not be the last. States with Democratic and Republican governors have also gotten letters, including New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The DOJ says it plans to send letters to all 50 states.
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.
'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.
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.

Order of citizen initiated questions for November ballot determined

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows held a lottery on Thursday to determine the order of two issues set to be on Maine ballots in November.

Election 2025: Lottery determines order of questions on Maine ballot

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In Maine, the next generation of Democrats emerges to succeed Gov. Janet Mills

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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 ...