A Democratic state lawmaker from Blue Hill is facing a misdemeanor charge after she allegedly electioneered inside the town’s polling place during municipal elections in April.

The charge against Rep. Nina Milliken, who is in her second term representing her hometown and other coastal Hancock County communities, was filed in an Ellsworth court on Friday. She is set to appear in court to answer the charge on Oct. 7, according to Lt. Dakota Dupuis, a spokesperson for the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office.

Milliken is accused of violating a Maine law that prohibits attempting to influence another person’s decision on a candidate or issue on the ballot within 250 feet of a polling place on Election Day. She illegally campaigned both inside and around the town office on April 4, according to

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