On December 16, a Maine judge denied a preliminary injunction that would have stopped Question 1, the November ballot initiative…
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Early returns on November 2 proved to be indicative of the results for Maine’s three ballot questions, which were all…
It is now less than a month before voters will go to the polls and cast their votes on ballot…
This upcoming Tuesday will be Maine’s first primary election for president since 2000, and the first ever to occur on…
If you’ve followed Maine politics in the last two years, you know that contention surrounding the ballot initiative process has…
After a yearlong campaign of misinformation waged by the supporters of Question 1, Maine voters on Tuesday rejected Maine’s most…
More and more we are seeing direct democracy take hold in our elected representative republic. We do not see this…
Question 1 plays on voters’ emotions to pass policies that will hurt the very people it’s supposed to help. There…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center on Tuesday, Oct. 23 released a new study on the impacts of Question 1, the…
Question 1 promises a false sense of security that is destined to fail Maine’s elderly, disabled and those who care…
Over $400,000 of Soros money helped put the Universal Home Care initiative on Maine’s ballot in November. Question 1 proposes three new…
There are so many bad policies rolled into Question 1 on November’s ballot that it’s hard to know where to…
This commentary was originally published in the Bangor Daily News. The state economist recently issued a report on the likely impact that…
Proponents of the Universal Home Care tax plan were either caught by surprise or caught red-handed when the Maine State…
1,700 fewer Maine residents. 1,800 fewer workers in our labor force. 3,800 fewer jobs. A $500 million reduction in personal…
Ballot Question 1 is another benign-sounding, feel-good referendum. In reality, it’s one more in a long line of over-simplified referendums…
Maine needs you to make important decisions that will affect our future. Please vote on November 7. There are several…
Last week I spoke at a forum during Constitution Week at Husson University. Liberals are constantly attacking our Constitution, but…
Last November, Mainers voted to pass Question 1, nearly tripling the amount of taxpayer funds received by political candidates who…
A few months ago the voters of Maine passed a Citizen’s Initiative called Question 1. This new law will nearly…
Today, January 21, is the anniversary of the Citizens United ruling which dramatically changed how elections are funded and prompted opponents…
The debate over Question 1’s tweaking of the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) has largely turned into a debate over the…
Mainers for Accountable Elections, operating as a front for Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE), is the organization that collected…
According to an October Quarterly Report filed by Mainers for Accountable Elections, over 80% of the money they’ve raised for their…
FIRST: HAS THE CLEAN ELECTIONS LAW IMPROVED LEGISLATION? The Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) went into effect for the 2000…
Sean Eldridge, a major financier of Mainers for Accountable Elections, the group behind Question 1 in November, has been accused of…