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Official Election Results November 8, 2011  (11/14/2011)
Click here for the Official State Referendum and Municipal Candidate, Mayor, Turnout results.
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Changes in Absentee Voting  (10/12/2011)
Due to recent changes in the State Law, 21-A 753 B (1) we will no longer be conducting voting the Saturday prior to Election Day. More

Ranked Choice Voting Rules Adopted  (9/20/2011)
PORTLAND, Maine – Last night, the City of Portland City Council accepted rules for the city’s Mayoral election, which will be determined by ranked choice voting (sample ballot attached). Ranked choice voting allows voters the opportunity to rank as many of the Mayoral candidates as they would like according to preference. Voters will rank candidates in order of 1st choice, 2nd choice and so on, until either the voter no longer has a preference or all candidates have been ranked. More

5-1 Change of polling place   (6/1/2010)
Change of polling place at 5-1. UNE is no longer open, anyone who was voting at UNE will now be at Stevens Avenue Armory 772 Stevens Avenue. More

Polling Place Consolidation  (4/17/2009)
As a result of polling place consolidation, done by the Portland City Council on February 2, 2009, please be advised that your polling place may have changed, for all elections. More

Voter Links  (12/11/2007)
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elections & voter registration

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Absentee Ballot Application
Campaign Finance Information
Election Ballot Sample
General Election Nov. 6, 2012
How to Get An Absentee Ballot
How to Register to Vote
Nomination Papers
Polling Places
Portland Charter Commission
Rank Choice Voting Information
What's Your Voting District


Office Hours are: 
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 pm., Monday through Friday.
Telephone 874-8677
Fax 874-8612

Frequently Asked Voting Questions

How to Register In order to register to vote, you must bring identification and something that shows a current address. A drivers license or state identification card with the current address meets both criteria, otherwise, a checkbook or bill addressed to the applicant at the current address along with a social security card, birth certificate, hunting/fishing license.

If you register by mail, you must send proof of identity such as a photocopy of your drivers license or other photo ID or a utility bill with your name and address on it

You can call the City Clerk's office anytime within ninety (90) days of an election to request an absentee ballot or print the application from this web site.  Completed absentee ballot applications can be mailed to our office or faxed to 874-8612.   When the ballots arrive, we will mail your ballot(s) to you at your home or the address you request. 

Absentee Ballot

2012 Primary Application

2012 School Budget Application

Sample Ballots

Democratic Primary Samples
Green Primary Samples
Republican Primary Samples

2012 School Budget Sample Ballot

We need everyone's help in maintaining the voting list. If your information is incorrect or missing or you see a name on the list of someone who you know is no longer a Portland resident, please contact us as soon as possible.

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