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.

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 proposal to redesign Maine's flag state flag appeared to be in trouble Tuesday night, although most communities had yet to report vote totals. Nearly 56% of voters, or about 144,000, were opposed to ...

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.

A measure to change Maine's official state flag headlines ... the official flag of the State? The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before being replaced by the current ...