The Maine legislative session for this year is over, and LD 231 did not pass. This is the bill to let independent voters vote in partisan primaries. Although it received affirmative votes in both houses of the legislature, afterwards it was placed on the Appropriations Table, which means it was held in abeyance until the state budget was passed.

The Maine legislature finalized the budget on July 19 and then went home for the year, and did not include money in the budget for the bill. It could theoretically pass next year.