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A few weeks ago, the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held a public hearing on three bills to curb the influx of foreign campaign spending Maine has been subjected to recently, as the result of a loophole in Maine’s election law exposed by Hydro-Quebec. I participated in the hearings along with dozens of concerned Mainers who would like to see this dangerous loophole closed immediately.
Through 2020, Hydro-Quebec a Crown Corporation owned 100% by a foreign government spent a record-breaking $10 million to influence Maine voters, and this year, it has only ramped up the spending. Hydro-Quebec has managed to do this despite the fact that foreign interference is illegal in state and federal elections by flouting a weakness in Maine law, and now it’s urging Maine lawmakers to leave the floodgates open, even though this sort of spending is illegal in Quebec.
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