England has a system that allows people to contribute to campaigns, but dictates how much candidates and parties can spend.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine ethics panel should be at full strength
Next year will be a busy one for the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Overall election spending is the real scandal
House Speaker Sara Gideon’s rule infraction is small compared with the perfectly legal way that money floods our politics.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Out-of-state donors flood Maine’s closely watched U.S. Senate race
In a campaign that could decide control of the Senate in 2020, they make the vast majority of $200-plus donations to Susan Collins and Sara Gideon.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Outsider brings new approach to campaign finance
Tiffany Bond is using the prominence of her Senate campaign to direct contributions to worthy causes.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Outside group spends big on media blitz to support Sen. Collins’ campaign
The campaign by 1820 PAC is the latest effort by independent groups – many funded by secretive ‘dark money’ – to flood Maine with ads in the 2020 U.S. Senate race.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Citizens United still casts a shadow
We need to amend the Constitution to limit corporate money in politics.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Democratic ‘dark money’ group targets Sen. Collins
Maine Momentum has reserved $722,000 worth of advertising through early January to ‘educate’ voters about Maine’s senior senator as she heads into a reelection year.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
Sen. Collins teams up with Lindsey Graham to raise campaign cash
Heading into a tough 2020 re-election campaign, Maine’s senior senator formed a joint fundraising group with her Republican colleague from South Carolina.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Fair Elections Portland aims to strengthen city’s democracy
Creating a local clean elections fund and extending ranked-choice voting will empower candidates who answer to the people.