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Letter to the editor: Support disenfranchised D.C. residents in their quest for statehood
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I greatly appreciate Rep. Chellie Pingree’s support of D.C. statehood. Rep. Jared Golden’s, too. I wrote to both of Maine’s senators asking them to support S. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.
Sen. Susan Collins responded stating that she had supported the District of Columbia House Voting Act. This legislation was put forward in 2009, and while it did grant D.C. one voting member of the House (likely a Democrat), it did so by raising the number of House members from 435 to 437, with the second new seat going to Utah, a solidly red state.
Maine Voters Deserve More Freedom: Support Nonpartisan Open Primaries!
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Letter to the editor: Offer Mainers voter freedom – support top-two open-primary bill
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Maine voters still live in a darkened room called the closed primary. In a 2014 New York Times op-ed, Sen. Chuck Schumer urged America to adopt a top-two open-primary system. Sen. Joe Baldacci is sponsoring a top-two open-primary bill in Maine, L.D. 1121. It’s truly democracy in action! In an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News, Sen. Chloe Maxmin states: “Building an inclusive democracy starts with semi-open primaries.” Why?
In 2017 the Bangor League of Women Voters recommended a top-four open primary with ranked-choice voting, which the state league rejected. Nearly four years later the Maine League commended the Alaska voter and Alaska League for achieving this first-in-the-nation goal. Alas, Maine could have lived its motto to lead the nation!