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

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 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, ...

The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before being replaced by the current flag in 1909. In the new ...

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

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

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 ...

This is based on the original flag adopted in 1901, which has popularly remained an unofficial flag of the state. University of Maine students offered their opinions about this referendum question, ...

The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag ... appearing on many souvenirs, clothing items, and flag poles. This measure has attracted the most attention in Maine, but there will be four ...