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Four former Midcoast legislators endorse Sen. Maxmin's semi-open primary bill


AUGUSTA   Today, Open Primaries Maine announced that dozens of former legislators have endorsed L.D. 231, the semi-open primaries bill sponsored by Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Lincoln.
Under current Maine law, the 32% of Maine voters who are unenrolled  often referred to as independent are prohibited from participating in taxpayer funded primary elections.
L.D. 231 would allow semi-open primaries, meaning these unenrolled voters would be permitted to cast one ballot in the primary of their choice.
Republicans would not be able to vote in Democratic primaries and Democrats would not be able to vote in Republican primaries.
Maine is one of just 14 states with completely closed primaries, and 80% of Maine voters support semi-open primaries, according to a news release.  ....

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Letter to the editor: Support citizens over party – open Maine primaries to independents

In a political climate where finding common ground is increasingly difficult, I have found one thing that resonates with individuals across the political spectrum: Our existing two-party system is broken and does not adequately serve us as citizens. One fracturing force behind this is the closed, two-party primary system, which excludes non-enrolled (aka independent) voters […] ....

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