Waldo County GOP declares war on free thinking
If you’ve been harboring the fond hope that the new year marked a change for the better, Waldo County Republicans will set you straight. They passed a resolution in December stating that Republicans Kevin Raye and Roger Katz “shall be censored and shall be prohibited/banned from running for any civil or public office as a committee member or official of the Maine Republican Party.”
Can they do that? If someone is registered in the party and qualifies for the ballot, it is hard to turn up anything in law to permit such a ban. They can do their level best to make it difficult to win, though. That’s their right. But to actually pass a resolution banning party members from running? It’s ludicrous. It’s appalling. It’s anti-Republican. And it’s Waldo County, where neither of these men live.