The Maine legislature defeated LD 508 on June 12.  It is a proposed constitutional amendment that would let voters choose the Secretary of State and the Attorney General.  LD 508 has come close to passing, and did pass the House on June 11, but it didn’t pass the Senate.

Maine is one of only six states in which the only statewide state office elected by the voters is Governor, or the team of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.  The others are Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Tennessee.