Referendum question number 5 on this year’s ballot is in regard to a yes or no vote to reinstate the original 1909 Maine State Pine Tree flag model.

Maine voters will decide in November whether to adopt the design as the new official state flag that flies over the Capitol and other state buildings. If approved, it will replace the flag that ...

PORTLAND, Maine (CN) — Maine will keep its official state flag as is. Voters on Tuesday rejected a referendum to replace the current state flag with a modern version of the original design, which flew ...

The current flag certainly “pays homage” to Maine’s history. By using the state seal, it also recognizes industry and our environment. “Prettier” is in the eye of the beholder.

A state committee selected a contest winner from more than 400 submissions. The Chuck Norris flag didn’t make the cut. By Alex Vadukul For more than a century, Maine’s state flag has been a ...

A measure to change Maine's official state flag headlines the five referendum questions on 2024 general election ballots in the state. The fifth referendum question would replace the current ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Adam Lemire of Gardiner was selected Monday as the winner of the Maine State Flag Redesign Contest. “I am delighted by the number and quality of the submissions and the myriad ...

An effort to restore the Maine state flag to its historic design may appear as a ballot question. The proposed design, which features a lone pine tree and a blue star on a white background, was ...

Some of the rejected designs for the new Maine state flag. Maine secretary of state's office A bright red dancing lobster with “Maine” messily scrawled across a clipart tree.

The Maine Department of the Secretary of State said Friday that it had received over 400 submissions in a design contest for the new flag that voters will consider adopting this fall. The deadline ...

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Lemire's design stood out as a "beautiful, faithful representation of an Eastern White Pine tree." Maine names winner of state flag redesign contest: Here's ...