PORTLAND — Mainers may be more passionate about guns, marijuana and the minimum wage than about the nation’s next leader. Unofficial tallies from the Nov. 8 election indicate more Mainers voted on four referendum proposals than for president. Those referendums legalized recreational marijuana, raised the minimum wage and increased taxes on high-income Mainers to boost […]
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Bates students talk about their exploration of presidential elections
LEWISTON — Spending a semester engaged in a mock presidential election taught Bates College students how difficult it is to run a political campaign — and win one. Stephanie Kelley-Romano, a rhetoric professor, built a class around the mock election as a way to explore political speeches, debates, news and advertising in a real-life run […]
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Maine to recount House district 78 and 121 ballots
AUGUSTA — A pair of Maine House of Representative races could be the subject of recounts. The Maine Department of the Secretary of State says the requests have been made for House districts 78 and 121. The recounts haven’t yet been scheduled. Recounts of House districts generally take about half a day once they’re scheduled. […]
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No On 1 campaign collecting signatures for marijuana vote recount
PORTLAND — Campaigners who oppose Maine’s move toward legalized marijuana are entering their final full day of collecting signatures to force a recount. The No On 1 campaign needs to collect 100 signatures by 5 p.m. Wednesday to bring about the recount. A spokeswoman for the Maine Department of the Secretary of State says a […]
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Donald Trump voters in rural Maine wanted change
Goodrich sat at a local coffee shop, laughing with a group of men decked in blaze orange shirts about elite media’s failure to see Trump’s widespread support in communities roiled by the loss of manufacturing jobs. Trump’s victory made history in Maine, the nation’s whitest state, where the more rural 2nd Congressional District sent one […]
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Gov. Paul LePage touts Trump win, thanks veterans in special service
JAY — Gov. Paul LePage told members of the New Life Baptist Church during a special Veterans Day service Sunday that he is “hoping and praying” Donald Trump will make good on his campaign promises. The governor talked about his support of the president-elect and praised veterans, servicemen and first responders for service to their […]
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President Barack Obama urges nation to ‘forge unity’ after bitter election
ARLINGTON, Va. — Three days after Election Day, President Barack Obama used his last Veterans Day speech to urge Americans to learn from the example of veterans as a divided nation seeks to “forge unity” after the bitter 2016 campaign. Obama, in remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, noted that Veterans Day often comes on the […]
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No On 1 campaign picks up papers for recount of marijuana ballots
PORTLAND — Opponents of a vote to legalize marijuana in Maine have taken the first step toward a potential recount request. Voters in the state chose to legalize recreational marijuana via a referendum vote this week. The referendum won approval by a fraction of a percentage point after a count that took nearly two days. […]
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Maine starts planning ranked choice voting systems
PORTLAND — Mainers have voted for a radical overhaul of elections, and now there’s much work to be done before the first statewide ranked-choice system is implemented. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said that he’ll be meeting in coming weeks with legislative leaders and ranked-choice voting advocates to start the implementation process. And he’s already […]
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Gov. Paul LePage says Sen. Susan Collins is ‘done in Maine’
Gov. Paul LePage told WGAN on Wednesday that “we saved the country” by electing Donald Trump, but he hasn’t moved to the conciliatory phase just yet with U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, another Republican heavy-hitter. “I think Susan Collins is done in Maine,” he said when asked if she was going to run for governor in 2018. He cited her […]