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New Maine state flag design unveiled Voters will decide in November whether to adopt the new design, which features a realistic pine tree rather than a popular stylized version.
Opinion: Maine does need a new flag design. Not this one. We can choose a better symbol for our state of which we can all be proud: The Bicentennial Flag is a winner in every sense.
A ‘woke’ flag? Culture war unfurls around Maine’s new (old) design Some say the proposal for a new flag on the Nov. 5 ballot is an attempt to erase history, while others argue it's related ...
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - There might be a new flag waving around Maine in the future. This morning in Augusta, a new design was unveiled that Mainers will vote on in November. Maine Secretary of ...
Hundreds pitch ideas for a new Maine state flag design Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows will decide which one of about 400 submissions will go to voters in November.
Maine is just one of many states that use the state seal on the flag, and lawmakers voted last year to let voters determine if the state will adopt a new look for the flag.
Mainers voted on five referendum questions on Election Day, including whether to adopt a new design for the official state flag.
Mainers voted Nov. 4, 2024, to keep the official state flag (top) rather than replace it with a design (bottom) that harkens to the state's original flag. (Wikimedia, Maine secretary of state) ...
A case of design déjà vu? Maine's newly proposed flag had strict design rules, resulting in a banner that is beautiful and familiar.
Sep. 28—'Woke,' white nationalist, or just a symbol of the state? The answer, truly, is blowing in the wind. Ahead of a November referendum on replacing Maine's flag with a modernized version of ...