Matt Dunlap argued that the Trump administration illegally withheld emails pertaining to membership of the controversial Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.
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Rep. Moonen: Inclusivity has been a key value in Maine policymaking in 2019
Bills passed this year have addressed issues such as equal pay, automatic voter registration, state-tribal ties, food insecurity and ending conversion therapy.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Suffrage Centennial: Immigrant candidates for office opening new doors
New citizens are seizing the chance to make a difference in their communities.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
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.
Posted inNation & World, News
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
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.