Counties in Maine
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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.
This page includes the following resources:
- The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Maine
- A list and map of counties in Maine
- An overview of local elections in Maine
- An overview of the initiative process in Maine
Counties
County government
Ballotpedia does not have any county governments in this state in its coverage scope.
Full list of counties
According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 16 counties, 484 cities, towns, and villages, and 227 special districts.[1]
The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.
Map of counties
Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:
Elections
Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Maine that year.
Past elections
Initiative process availability
- Towns and plantations that use the town-meeting form of government have a mandated initiative-like process to place articles in the warrant, have proposals considered at the town meeting, and place articles on the next ballot.
- Charter cities have authority to adopt an initiative process for ordinances.
- City and town charters may be amended through a mandated initiative process.[2]
See also
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