Protect Maine Elections wants to put the referendum spending question on the November 2023 ballot.
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Posted inElection 2022, Maine, News, Politics
Democrats and Republicans trade blows in Portland one week before election
Democrats rallied to defend abortion rights, while Republicans attacked Gov. Janet Mills on comments she made about inflation.
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Posted inElection 2022, Maine, Politics, Uncategorized
As election approaches, here’s a guide to ranked-choice voting
It’s been 6 years since Maine first enacted ranked-choice voting. Here’s a refresher on how the system works.
Posted inElection 2022, Local Elections, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Winslow voters to consider 2 contested races featuring 5 candidates
In one race, a former town councilor comes out of retirement to challenge two incumbents for an at-large council position, and in the other contest, a 19-year-old Thomas College student competes for a school board seat with a former town councilor of 26 years.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Supreme Court clears way for Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in Georgia election probe
The South Carolina senator, a top Trump ally, had argued that a provision of the Constitution, the speech and debate clause, shields him from being forced to testify.
Posted inElection 2022, Maine, Politics
Millions spent out of state in Maine’s race for governor
Incumbent Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, has paid $3.8 million to a Chicago-based firm overseeing her advertising production and placement, although the campaign says most of that money came back to Maine to pay for television, cable and radio ads.
Posted inElection 2022, Maine, Politics
Maine’s absentee voting on pace to surpass 2018 total
If 2018’s 96% return rate holds, the state could see more than 200,000 absentee votes cast in this election, or roughly 23% of the electorate.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
Biden paints oil firms as war profiteers, talks windfall tax
High prices at the pump have exacerbated inflation and have taken a toll on Biden and Democrats’ standing among voters.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
Republican candidates seize on voter hesitancy to attack EVs as costly to U.S.
More than two-thirds of Americans say they are unlikely to purchase an electric vehicle in the next three years, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Posted inElection 2022, Local Elections, Local Government, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Pittsfield residents to vote on two contested Town Council races
Five candidates are running for two seats on the Town Council in the November election.