A third of Maine’s electorate will have an opportunity for meaningful participation in taxpayer-funded elections. Governor Janet Mills allowed a bill to go into law Monday that creates a semi-open primary system that gives independent voters a say in the state's primaries.
Despite garnering support from committees or even full chambers, many bills each session never make it off the “Special Appropriations Table,” where those with fiscal notes land before receiving funding from the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations.