Social media accounts https://www.facebook.com/ScottTaylor4Maine/ Occupation: Retired Education: High School Graduate Community Organizations: West Gardiner Volunteer Fire department (42 years) Cobbosseecontee Snowmobile Club (24 years) Personal information (hobbies, etc.): I like hunting, fishing, boating, swimming, snowmobiling, flying, and making all of my own repairs on my house, cars, boats snowmobiles and equipment. Family status: Married with […]
Election 2020
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William Clardy, Maine House 85
Social media accounts https://www.facebook.com/ClardyforMaine Occupation: Database Developer Education: Some (eight years-plus) of undergraduate courses Community Organizations: None currently Personal information (hobbies, etc.): I’m an Army veteran (technically, a retired first lieutenant) and a third-generation volunteer firefighter (when I’ve been living in places that have volunteer fire departments). I have two grown sons (who currently live […]
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Maine’s high court denies request to put ranked-choice decision on hold
The Maine Republican Party wants to ask the federal courts to consider First Amendment arguments in a case that allows for ranked-choice voting in the November presidential election.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Mainers can trust election process
Whether they go to the polls Nov. 3 or mail in a ballot, voters can be confident that their vote will be counted.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville mayoral candidates debate taxes, education, ‘political elites’
Phil Bofia and Jay Coelho, each a former city councilor in Waterville, square off Wednesday night in a televised debate at the Fairfield Community Center.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump’s Proud Boys remark echoes Charlottesville
The president tries to walk back his refusal to condemn the far right group during the presidential debate.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, News, Politics
Judge declines to intervene on Maine’s absentee ballot rules
Justice William Stokes finds that changing the rules so close to the election would not be in the public interest, and that the state’s existing rules present no irreparable harm to voters.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Collins criticizes Trump for failing to condemn Proud Boys
The Republican senator says intolerance and white supremacy ‘have no place in our country,’ and her Democratic challenger, Sara Gideon, accuses the president of sowing ‘hatred and division among Americans.’
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Trump’s debate remark puts white supremacy at focus of campaign
Republicans express concern about how fallout from the chaotic debate and the way the campaign is shaping up could affect the party’s candidates up and down the ballot.
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Debate commission plans to change format to avoid a second ‘embarrassment’
Moderator Chris Wallace struggled to gain control of the debate in Cleveland because of frequent interruptions, primarily by President Trump.