AUGUSTA, Maine - A district attorney in Maine has announced she is dismissing the case brought against a state lawmaker who was accused of attempting to influence an election.

Maine Rep. Nina Milliken, D-Blue Hill, was charged last month with illegal electioneering, which is when a candidate for office attempts to influence voters too close to the polling location.

District Attorney Natasha Irving of Prosecutorial District 6 announced Thursday that the evidence in the original report from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office included witnesses who did not hear Milliken make unlawful statements, and three witnesses who indicated the legislator’s statements did violate the law.

Irving said Milliken’s defense attorney spoke with two of the three witnesses who previously indicated Milliken

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