The Legislature hasn't enacted a ballot initiative in more than 16 years, but the group Protect Maine Elections is hoping lawmakers will break that streak and join the seven other states that prohibit electioneering by groups owned and controlled by foreign governments in some fashion.
No other state in the country has such a strong tradition of ordinary citizens standing up for our rights as voters against big donors. That energy must be sustained in 2023.
California and Maine have introduced legislation that intends to prohibit foreign-influenced entities from making political contributions and expenditures. If passed, these initiatives.
By the time you get your spring tires put on, the waiting room of your local automotive shop might be decorated with political signage. You might not think who is allowed to repair a vehicle could be a political discussion, but it will be one of the.
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but, boy, can it turn trees into political mailers. My mailbox buckled this election cycle as special interest groups spent tens of millions, mostly in the form of attack ads. That’s why I was glad to see the Secretary of State’s Office validate the signatures from the Protect Maine Elections […]