Maine Online Voting Contests

Aroostook County Athlete of the Week

The weekly Aroostook County Athlete of the Week fan vote from Big Country 96.9 (Townsquare Media, Presque Isle), sponsored by Northern Maine Community College, drawing nominees only from Aroostook County schools across Fall, Winter, and Spring.

Central Maine Athlete of the Week

Augusta / Waterville / Central Maine · CentralMaine.com (Kennebec Journal / Morning Sentinel, Maine Trust for Local News)

Free weekly reader ballot from CentralMaine.com (Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Maine Trust), spotlighting one Central Maine high school athlete across Kennebec and Somerset county schools. Confirmed 2025 windows: Fall weeks 3–11, Winter weeks 2–3, Spring weeks 1–4. Readers vote online; winner announced Saturday, separate from Bangor Daily News and Press Herald.

Maine High School Athlete of the Week

Statewide Maine · 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor)

Free statewide weekly fan poll hosted by 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media), recognising outstanding Maine high school athletes each sports season. Nominations accepted year-round; voting closes Thursday at midnight, winner announced Friday. One vote per device per day, no registration required.

Maine High School Athlete of the Week — Fall Season

Statewide Maine · 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor)

Free weekly fan poll run by 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor) during Maine's MPA fall sports season: football, cross country, soccer, volleyball, and golf all share one statewide ballot. Class A South programs like Thornton Academy, Cheverus, and Scarborough post the season's largest vote totals. One vote per device per day, no account required.

Maine High School Athlete of the Week — High School on SI

Statewide Maine · High School on SI / SBLive Sports (Minute Media)

High School on SI runs a rotating Athlete of the Week fan vote for Maine, football each fall, basketball each winter, other MPA sports each spring, all through si.com/high-school/maine. Unlimited votes, no account, Sunday 11:59 p.m. close. A February 2025 boys basketball edition topped 15,000 votes, won 64% by an eighth-grade Madawaska nominee.

Maine High School Athlete of the Week — Spring Season

Statewide Maine · 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor)

Free weekly fan poll run by 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor) during Maine's MPA spring sports season: baseball, softball, outdoor track and field, tennis, and lacrosse share one statewide ballot. Aroostook County's Class C and D track programs post the season's most consistent turnout. One vote per device per day, no account required.

Maine High School Athlete of the Week — Winter Season

Statewide Maine · 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor)

Free winter fan poll run by 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor) across all MPA winter sports — basketball, hockey, swimming, wrestling, and skiing. Class A North programs anchored around Bangor post the heaviest weeks, and Mr./Miss Basketball finalists regularly appear as nominees. One vote per device per day, no account required.

Maine High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

High School on SI / SBLive runs a weekly fan vote for Maine boys basketball during the winter season. Eight nominees from the field — including playoff rounds — compete on the same unlimited-vote SBLive ballot used for the football edition. The poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

Maine High School Football Player of the Week

High School on SI / SBLive runs a statewide weekly fan vote for Maine prep football — editors pick nominees from the weekend's results, anyone can vote with no account required, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Unlike the regional Texas polls, there is only one Maine ballot, so every nomination competes on the same list regardless of classification.

Maine High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

The High School on SI / SBLive fan vote for the top Maine girls basketball performance of the week. Editors nominate standouts from Class AA down to Class D; anyone can vote with no account, no cap, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

Maine High School Player of the Year

Statewide Maine · High School on SI / si.com/high-school/maine (Sports Illustrated / SBLive Sports)

Annual statewide fan-vote award hosted by High School on SI (si.com/high-school/maine), naming the top Maine high school football player each season via open public poll. Twenty-thousand-plus voters; winner also typically earns the James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy, Maine's most prestigious senior football honor.

Northern Maine Athlete of the Week

Bangor / Northern Maine · Bangor Daily News

Free weekly reader poll from the Bangor Daily News, spotlighting high school athletes across Penobscot, Hancock, and Aroostook county schools in Northern Maine. Multi-sport, mixed-gender, all three MPA seasons. Voting closes Thursday evening. Public confirmation of the program runs through 2023; the 2025-26 status needs verifying on the live BDN site.

Southern Maine Athletes of the Week

Portland / Southern Maine · Portland Press Herald (Maine Trust for Local News / Varsity Maine)

Free weekly reader ballot from Portland Press Herald's Varsity Maine sports desk, spotlighting Southern Maine high school athletes across Cumberland, York, and Androscoggin county schools. Three separate seasonal ballots run fall, winter, and spring, covering nine sports from cross country to track, with the 2025-26 cycle confirmed live at pressherald.com.

Southern Maine Athletes of the Week — Fall Season

Portland / Southern Maine · Portland Press Herald (Maine Trust for Local News / Varsity Maine)

Free fall-season ballot from Portland Press Herald's Varsity Maine desk, spotlighting Southern Maine high school athletes in football, soccer, field hockey, cross country, and golf across Cumberland, York, and Androscoggin county schools. No per-device vote cap or nomination email is publicly documented for this regional fall window.

Sun Journal Athlete of the Week

Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin counties (Lewiston-Auburn metro) · Lewiston Sun Journal (Maine Trust for Local News)

The free public fan-vote poll run by the Lewiston Sun Journal (Maine Trust for Local News) recognising standout high school performances across Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin counties. A distinct, independently organised ballot from Maine's other statewide and regional athlete-of-the-week polls, running fall, winter, and spring with a new nominee pool and a published winner each week of the season.

Best Bluegrass Album Grammy Awards Predictions Poll

WBPW, a Maine radio station, runs the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy Awards Predictions Poll as a readers' vote on its Big Country website at bigcountry969.com. Confirmed editions sit in 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024 and 2025. The 2017 ballot let supporters vote once an hour until 11:59 p.m. ET on Feb. 9, after which the station tabulated results for its own winners predictions. This page lays out the confirmed years, the rules and how a supporter takes part.

Best of Maine

Down East Magazine's statewide readers' poll, now in its 16th-plus year, narrowing open write-in nominations to five finalists per category before a public vote at vote.downeast.com decides restaurants, lodging, artisans, attractions, and markets across the state.

Best of Portland (Old Port)

Portland Old Port's annual readers' poll, sponsored by Town & Country Federal Credit Union, running June nominations into a July public vote across 130+ categories, with winners named at an August gala at Portland House of Music.

Best of the 207

Annual statewide readers-choice business awards run by NewsCenter Maine's "207" brand, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting across 250+ categories at bestofthe207.com.

Best Pizza Places In Ellsworth And Mdi Poll

WDEA, a Maine radio station, runs the Best Pizza Places In Ellsworth And Mdi Poll on wdea.am, the site WDEA publishes under. The ballot asks listeners to vote for their favorite pizza place in Ellsworth and on Mount Desert Island, and the original edition was published during National Pizza Week in January. Confirmed editions run in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and again 2025, so the poll has returned in each of those years. WDEA prints no exact open and close days and no eligibility rule on the page, so the current window is something the live ballot itself settles.

Best Super Bowl Food Meatballs Or Pizza Poll

92.9 The Ticket asks its Maine audience a single food question each Super Bowl season: meatballs or pizza. The poll runs inside the station's own domain and has produced editions spanning 2022 to 2026. Every confirmed edition falls in February, matching the game itself. Unlike the broad readers-choice ballots elsewhere in the state, this is a two-option final, and the station has not printed the exact open and closing days for any round.

Best Super Bowl Food Semifinals Poll

Most statewide vote programs in Maine are readers' choice ballots run by newspapers and magazines. This one is different. The Best Super Bowl Food Semifinals Poll is a snack bracket hosted by the radio station 92.9 The Ticket on its own website, open to listeners across Maine. Confirmed editions ran in 2022 and 2025, and the live round has fallen in February, timed to the Super Bowl.

Best Thanksgiving Side Dish Tournament Poll

92.9 The Ticket pits Maine's favorite Thanksgiving sides against each other in the Best Thanksgiving Side Dish Tournament Poll. The station hosts the bracket on 929theticket.com, and listeners decide which dish advances. Editions have run every November from 2021 through 2026, and the station names the month without printing the daily dates, so the precise schedule belongs to the live ballot.

Crawford Mcdonalds High School Athlete Of The Week

WDEA AM 1370 runs the Crawford McDonald's athlete of the week, a public-vote ballot for Maine high school sports, on its own site at wdea.am. The voting window falls in October, and a past ballot closed at midnight on Wednesday, October 25th. The station prints no opening day, no category list and no eligibility note ahead of a cycle, so the live ballot page is the authority for the current rules.

For Ashley Anderson

For Ashley Anderson is a public performance vote run by WDEA, a Maine radio station, at its own address, wdea.am. The ballot backs MDI Trojan Ashley Anderson, finalist for the MaineTrackXC Girl's Performance of the Week covering May 8 to 13. Confirmed runs appear in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024, 2025 and 2026, so the page returns across seasons. Exact weekly hours sit on the live ballot page.

For Bangor Area Non Profits To Receive 5000

WWMJ, a Maine radio station, runs a public vote on its own site that awards $5000 to Bangor-area non-profits. Supporters pick 5 organizations and submit once per day, and the first round stays open until Friday, January 15th at 5 PM. The ballot has run in 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026. This reference page collects the printed rules, the dated deadline and the gaps WWMJ leaves off the ballot.

For Movies You Want To See At Lewiston Summer Fun And Films

WBLM, a Maine radio station, publishes a public ballot that lets readers pick the films for the Lewiston Police Department's outdoor movie program. The season the vote serves spans June to August, and confirmed editions of the ballot page stretch from 2019 through 2026. The precise voting dates are not published, so check the live page before planning a push.

For The Best High School Mascot In Eastern Maine Poll

WWMJ, the Maine radio station behind i95rocks.com and the I-95 brand, runs a public ballot that asks which high school mascot in Eastern Maine deserves the title. Six editions are confirmed, running each year from 2021 through 2026. The 2021 ballot went up on February 4, 2021, and that cycle's voting ran the whole month of February. The vote lives on WWMJ's own i95rocks.com domain, and the ballot page carries no per-supporter limit or eligibility terms.

For The Best Maine Message Board Road Sign (wblm)

Maine radio station WBLM invites the public to choose its favorite highway message board sign in a recurring best-of vote hosted on wblm.com. The nominees come from the Maine Department of Transportation's #MyMaineSign contest, which drew over 2,000 public entries and shortlisted 60 signs. Voting falls in May and closes May 30th, and editions have appeared in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

For The Worst Intersection In Ellsworth Poll

WWMJ, the Ellsworth, Maine rock station behind i95rocks.com, invites listeners to name the city's most frustrating crossing in its For The Worst Intersection In Ellsworth Poll. Editions ran in April across 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Unlike the statewide best-of ballots beside it, this vote covers one city's road junctions, and the station prints no day-level dates or voting rules for it.

For Your Favorite Kiss Photo

WWMJ, the Maine radio station behind i95rocks.com and the I-95 Morning Show, ran a listener photo vote called For Your Favorite Kiss Photo. Fans of KISS sent in photos of themselves in KISS gear, and the KISS Army voted for the best entries. Confirmed editions ran in 2019 and 2020, with the 2019 ballot shutting at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. The vote runs on i95rocks.com itself, with no outside balloting vendor involved.

For Your Favorite Kiss Songs Poll

WWMJ, the classic rock station behind i-95 Rocks in Maine, put up a public ballot asking listeners to pick their favorite Kiss song. The confirmed voting window ran through November 2019, tied to the band's announced Bangor show in 2020, and editions are confirmed for 2019 and 2020. WWMJ hosts the ballot itself at i95rocks.com, and the station has not printed exact opening and closing days, a vote cap or eligibility rules for any cycle.

Here For The Best High School Mascot In Northern Maine Poll (i95rocks)

WWMJ, the Ellsworth, Maine radio station behind i95rocks.com, runs a public vote asking listeners which Northern Maine high school mascot deserves the title of best in the region. The ballot is published on the station's own web pages and voting happens in March. Confirmed editions run in 2018, 2020 and 2022, then every year from 2023 through 2026, and the station caps voting at one ballot per hour from each device.

Kennebec Journal Readers' Choice

Kennebec Journal's annual Readers' Choice Awards recognizes central Maine businesses chosen by public vote, run by the paper under Maine Trust for Local News. The 2025 ceremony took place in October 2025, with branding kept separate from sister paper Morning Sentinel despite sharing one publisher.

Kids' Pick Awards

The Kids' Pick Awards is a family-voted best-of ballot for kid-friendly businesses in Greater Portland, Maine, published by Real Maine Mom. Families nominate favorites throughout January, then vote during February on the publisher's own website. The 2026 cycle is the 3rd Annual edition, with confirmed runs in 2025 and 2026 and a next cycle expected in 2027.

Maine Boys XC Performer of the Week

Each week of the fall season, Maine Boys XC posts a Crowdsignal poll asking which boys cross country performance in Maine earned the weekly honor. A sampled 2025 ballot ran Oct 27 through Nov 2 before closing. Taking part costs nothing and needs no sign-in; the poll closes Friday at 2 p.m. ET during a live week. Season dates for the next cycle are not printed in advance, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Maine Girls XC Performer of the Week

Maine Girls XC runs the Performer of the Week for Maine girls cross country as a fan-voted weekly award on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). The most recent confirmed ballot ran from October 27 through November 2 and closed with the poll marked closed. Seasons are confirmed for 2024 and 2025. Each weekly round stays open until Thursday at 8 p.m. with one vote per person per day. Nominee selection details are not published, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Maine Parade of Homes People's Choice

HBRAME's annual Parade of Homes People's Choice award, where the public votes per showcased project through an online JotForm ballot rather than one combined page. Great Northern Builders is a confirmed 2026 entrant; other participants and exact dates should be confirmed on hbrame.org each cycle.

Maine Restaurant Week Diners' Choice

Maine Restaurant Association's annual Diners' Choice promotion during Maine Restaurant Week each March, where diners take part through a passport-style vote model and participating restaurants earn People's Choice recognition for real dining visits statewide.

Mainebiz Readers' Choice

Mainebiz's annual statewide reader vote on Maine's B2B service sector, law firms, banks, accountants, commercial real estate, IT, and marketing firms, run at mainebiz.biz and confirmed live across both the 2023 and 2024 cycles.

Montingy For 92 9 The Ticket Athlete Of The Week

WDEA and its sister station 92.9 The Ticket run a High School Athlete of the Week ballot for Ellsworth, Maine, where listeners pick among five nominated high school athletes. Nominations close by Sunday, September 13th, and voting runs Monday, September 14th through Thursday, September 17th at 11:59 p.m. Each supporter may vote once every 24 hours. The form sits on wdea.am, the station's own site, and the feature has appeared across seven edition years since 2019.

Morning Sentinel Readers' Choice

Morning Sentinel's annual Readers' Choice awards, run by Maine Trust for Local News, take votes at CentralMaine.com during an October-November window. The 2025 winners were published May 11, three days after a May 8 ceremony at the Waterville Elks Lodge, a roughly six-month wait between when the Kennebec Valley votes and when it finds out.

Now For Your Favorite Maine Bar In Of Cyys Bar Ch Madness

CYY's Bar-ch Madness is a bar-voting tournament published by 94.3 WCYY, a Maine rock radio station, at wcyy.com. In 2024 the round 3 ballot asked listeners to pick favorites from the last four bars across the Portland and non-Portland bar scene. Confirmed runs sit in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026, an April cycle. The station prints the matchups on the ballot itself rather than in a separate rule sheet.

The Maine Mag Food & Drink Readers' Choice

The Maine Mag's inaugural Food & Drink Readers' Choice, voted at themainemag.com, drew nearly 7,000 participating readers who submitted tens of thousands of nominations across restaurants, bars, cafes, and other food and drink businesses statewide, before the top five nominees per category moved to a final public vote.