Maine will not get a new state flag. About 55% of voters, or around 356,000, rejected a proposed redesign of the official flag with 80% of the votes counted at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Associated Press ...

A referendum to replace Maine's official flag with a design from more than a hundred years ago was soundly defeated on Election Day. Question 5 sought to restore the 1901 "Pine Tree Flag." But with ...

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine rejected an effort to change the state flag in Tuesday’s election, capping a ...

That played a role in lawmakers’ approval of a bill to let Mainers vote on replacing the current flag. The state’s official ...

Voters on Tuesday rejected a referendum to replace the current state flag with a modern version of the original design, which flew from 1901 to 1909. With 72% of the votes counted Wednesday morning, ...

Question 5 on the ballot asked residents if they wanted to replace the current flag with a more historical version, commonly known as the "pine tree" flag.

Voters have rejected the plan to change the Maine state flag. Question 5 on the state ballot asked Mainers if they wanted to ...

Mainers voted on five referendum questions on Election Day, including whether to adopt a new design for the official state ...

While the presidential race is consuming much of the political oxygen nationally, Maine has a closely watched congressional ...

Maine’s State Flag In Maine, ballot Question 5 asks voters if they’d like to replace the current state flag with a version of ...

A new poll spells potentially bad news for plans to change the Maine state flag. The SurveyUSA poll found 52 percent of voters surveyed oppose changing the flag. Just 33 percent of those surveyed ...