Anti-maskers and Proud Boys are disrupting meetings. Well-heeled reformers are undermining public education. Changing election calendars and lowering the voting age can help.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Newsom crushed the California recall. Let the phony fraud probes begin
As we look back on a waste of an election that cost taxpayers $276 million, the governor should take this moment to reflect on his shortcomings.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Democrats revise elections bill but face Senate headwinds
Republicans have vowed to scuttle the bill, which would establish national rules for running elections, limit partisanship in the drawing of congressional districts and force the disclosure of many anonymous donors.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Referendum would require vote on cost of buying out CMP and Versant
CMP-backed opponents of a proposed consumer-owned utility in Maine say voters should have the final say on the purchase price.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Westbrook voters to consider ranked-choice voting in city elections
Residents will vote in November on a proposal that would allow ranked-choice voting in mayoral, City Council and School Committee races.
Posted inBusiness, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine supreme court denies bid to split power corridor referendum into 3 questions
A state lawmaker wanted the court to order the Secretary of State’s Office to split an upcoming ballot measure challenging the NECEC project into separate questions for voters.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Republican state voting restrictions are ‘un-American,’ Biden says
The president appears to tacitly acknowledge the fading hopes for voting rights bills in Congress, saying he would launch a nationwide campaign to arm voters with information on rules changes and restrictions before the 2022 midterm elections.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop Republican voting bill
When Democrats last fled the state 2 decades ago – in an ultimately failed attempt to stop new Republican-drawn voting maps – state troopers were deployed to try bringing them back.
Posted inNation & World
Trump lawyers might be penalized over Michigan election lawsuit based on ‘conjecture’
The state also is asking for Trump’s team to reimburse at least $11,000 the state had to spend in legal fees.
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Senate Republican filibuster halts Democrats’ signature voting rights bill
Maine’s senators split their votes on the measure, with independent Angus King voting to proceed on the bill, and Susan Collins, a Republican, voting against proceeding.