The Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions within the Maine Department of the Secretary of State (SOS) is responsible for elections, corporations, and a variety of central filing activities. The Bureau has significant contact with the public in many areas including the following: conduct of state elections; corporation filings; Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings; oversight of the Administrative Procedure Act (state agency rule-making); recording of appointments to state offices, boards, and commissions; secretariat to the Governor's Board on Executive Clemency; commissioning of notaries public; and the disclosure of financial information by state agency executive employees.

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Submissions from 2015

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Maine Citizen’s Guide to the Referendum Election Tuesday, November 3, 2015, Maine Department of the Secretary of State

Submissions from 2012

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Maine Voting Residence Fact Sheet, Elections Division of the Secretary of State

Submissions from 1926

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The 1926 Primaries of the State of Maine, Maine Secretary of State