Maine Votes
Explore absentee voting across Maine
Select a county, municipality or legislative district to see the numbers behind the map. The statewide totals are a starting point.
Where ballots are being accepted
Party filters refer to voter registration, not candidate choice. Congressional registered-voter share uses March 7, 2026 active voter registrations by congressional district.
Data update note: This page checks its published data.json file for changes. It cannot retrieve new state records until the source file is refreshed by a separate publishing process.
Return methods follow the Maine Secretary of State absentee voter file definitions. Original source codes are shown in parentheses.
Accepted ballots by party
| Party | 2026 | 2024* | 2022* |
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Voting by method
| Return method | Ballots | Share |
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Explore 2026 absentee voting totals without scrolling through a statewide directory.
About this data
Sources, calculations and how this interactive was developed.
Data sources and methodology
Maine Votes uses absentee voting records published by the Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions. It displays 2026 general election absentee ballot requests and accepted ballots, with comparisons to the 2022 and 2024 general elections.
The absentee return rate is accepted ballots divided by ballot requests. Geographic totals are aggregated from election records; repeated voter records are consolidated in processing. Registered voter share compares accepted ballots with the March 7, 2026 active registered voter report. That measure is not official turnout.
Data reflect the latest available published state records, not real-time ballot receipts. Municipal reporting and data entry can lag. Registration party is not a measure of candidate support, and absentee voting does not represent all votes cast.
Official sources
- Maine Secretary of State — Voter data and current absentee reports
- Historical absentee voting data (2022 and 2024)
- Absentee data file layout and definitions
- Maine legislative district information
Municipality, county, Maine House district and Maine Senate district boundaries were obtained from the Maine GeoLibrary and converted to GeoJSON for this interactive map.
AI disclosure
Generative artificial intelligence was used primarily to assist with writing, developing and troubleshooting the HTML, CSS and JavaScript code for this interactive visualization. AI assistance also supported data-processing scripts and interactive functionality.
The underlying election figures come from publicly available government records, not AI-generated information. AI was not used to generate or estimate election results.