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PublishedNovember 19, 2019
In nation’s first federal ranked-choice voting race, Bruce Poliquin lost – and he’s not over it.
The two-term former Republican lawmaker from Maine's 2nd District is trying to block the expansion of the new voting method to other states.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2019
Maine Suffrage Centennial: Immigrant candidates for office opening new doors
New citizens are seizing the chance to make a difference in their communities.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2019
Singer John Legend lends support as Florida felons get vote rights
The ceremony in a Miami-Dade County courtroom was meant to show that ex-felons can regain their voting rights.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2019
More celebs join Michelle Obama’s voter outreach drive
Obama is a co-chair, along with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Faith Hill, Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson, and basketball star Chris Paul, of the nonprofit When We Vote.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2019
Court must uphold Portland voters’ right to decide on campaign funding program
This is now a question of ensuring that elected officials and unelected city staff act in accord with the Maine and U.S. constitutions.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2019
Another View: Florida must break out of lockstep with states that suppress the black vote
Requiring ex-convicts to pay all their fines and fees in order to cast a ballot undercuts a law that restores their voting rights.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2019
Maine Suffrage Centennial: Lewiston journalist was early, bold advocate for the vote among Franco women
Starting in 1910, Camille Lessard Bissonnette took a singular stand when she reached out to immigrant women in Maine and women in French Canada.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2019
Maine Voices: Let’s move forward together to address injustice, not take a step back
The We Must Do MORE Tour, a civic engagement movement grounded in the concerns of the poor, is coming to Portland on Oct. 10.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2019
The View From Here: We are more than just consumers
Citizens who are working together have more power than individuals who are deciding what they want to buy.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2019
Maulian Dana: Many still silenced after women got the vote
Native Americans in Maine did not achieve full suffrage rights as citizens for many years after the right to vote was extended to women in 1920.
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