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Three candidates seek District 3 seat on Portland charter commission
District 3 includes Libbytown, Stroudwater, Nason’s Corner, Oakdale, part of Woodfords Corner and the University of Southern Maine.
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Three candidates are competing to represent District 3 on Portland’s charter commission, which will spend the next year examining the basic structure of city government, including whether the city should switch to a strong mayor with executive authority over city operations.
The charter commission was originally proposed in response to a citizen effort to create a public financing, or clean elections, program for municipal candidates. But confusion over the authority of the elected mayor, coupled with inequities exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and rising calls for racial justice, have many residents and candidates interested in sweeping changes to local government. ....

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