PORTLAND, Maine — Maine voters on Tuesday rejected a suite of Republican-backed changes to the state’s voting procedures that have been animating conservatives across the country.

The Maine initiative focused on voter ID and absentee balloting changes and was one of two GOP-led measures — the other in Texas — under consideration by voters that proponents said would safeguard elections. The Maine proposal would have implemented a photo ID requirement for voters, limited the use of drop boxes for returning completed ballots and made changes to the state’s absentee voting system.

Meanwhile, voters in Texas, where Republicans control the government, approved a proposal to amend the state constitution to add “persons who are not citizens of the United States” to the list of those excluded fro

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