As the number of people who vote goes up, so does the likelihood that the elected candidate will represent a majority of voters.
Election 2020
Posted inPortland Forecaster
House 37 set to get new representative
Grayson Lookner, who won the Democratic primary, is being challenged by Green Independent John Safarik, who is mounting a write-in campaign.
advertisement
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Portland’s District 37 to get new state representative
Grayson Lookner, who won the Democratic primary, is being challenged by Green Independent John Safarik, who is mounting a write-in campaign.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Truth can’t be found along partisan lines
As citizens, we should educate ourselves more thoroughly on issues before attacking one another.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Local Elections
Two candidates for open District 4 seat on Portland City Council
Andrew Zarro, a progressive small business owner, faces Rosemary Mahoney, a longtime Portland resident and union organizer who ran unsuccessfully in 2014.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Sound guy from South Portland is mixing presidential debates
Lance Vardis, an audio engineer who has mixed World Wrestling Entertainment events for a decade, was at the soundboard for the raucous first debate.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
Mask mandates, health care key issues in fast-paced 1st Congressional District debate
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, seeking a 7th term in Congress, faces a challenge from conservative Republican Jay Allen.
Posted inElection 2020, News, Politics
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Maine Republicans’ appeal on ranked voting
The party’s last-ditch effort would have stopped ranked-choice voting from being used for the first time in Maine’s presidential election.
Posted inTimes Record
Union council covering BIW workers endorses Gideon
Bath Marine Draftsmen’s Association, United Auto Workers union Local 3999, represents 750 of BIW’s 6,800 employees.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Pence, Harris teams at odds over Plexiglas dividers at vice presidential debate
Vice President Mike Pence’s team argues that the dividers are a medically unnecessary safety measure because the distance between the candidates was extended to 12 feet.