The state is no better informed after $200 million in campaign spending, but we may be more divided than ever.
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Maine Voices: Let’s stay united as Mainers amid our religious, political differences
We can commit to actively protecting the right to vote by pledging to ‘defend democracy faithfully.’
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Maine Voices: We’ve been through bitter election years – and we’ve survived
Thomas Jefferson’s 1800 challenge to incumbent John Adams had everything we’re dealing with now, only worse.
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Jim Fossel: Court packing would damage democratic institutions
Democrats are threatening to tear up the Supreme Court in response to Republicans’ constitutional actions.
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Maine Voices: Your vote – use it now or prepare yourself to lose it
Flaws in our Constitution and laws could enable the loser of the 2016 popular vote to overrule democracy if he’s not decisively trounced Nov. 3.
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Maine Voices: Go back to the future in filling Supreme Court vacancies
We need to encourage bipartisanship by restoring the 60-vote threshold for advancing nominations to the high court.