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Category: Veterans and Legal Affairs

Bill forces Maine officials to report state payments they receive through businesses

Posted: March 08, 2012

AUGUSTA, Maine — A legislative committee has approved a bill to close an ethics law loophole that has allowed high-level state officials to avoid...

Maine lawmakers poised to debate future of Clean Elections law

Posted: March 07, 2012

AUGUSTA — Lawmakers will soon vote on measures that could determine the viability of Maine's Clean Election Act.  The Maine Senate last week gave...

Legislature has to address changes to Maine Clean Election Act

Posted: January 23, 2012

By Eric Russell, BDN Staff Posted Jan. 20, 2012, at 5:45 p.m. AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill that would strip all mentions of matching funds from the...

DEMOCRATS URGE COMMON SENSE SOLUTION TO REVAMPED CLEAN ELECTION SYSTEM

Posted: January 09, 2012

AUGUSTA – The legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs committee heard public testimony today on a bill aimed at revising Maine Clean Election...

Journal Tribune: Voter ID could be costly solution for imaginary problem

Posted: December 02, 2011

Read More at the JT. Published: Thursday, December 1, 2011 12:06 PM EST Republicans in Augusta are once again pushing to require photo ID at the...

Senate Democratic Leader Responds to Secretary of State’s Investigation on Voter Fraud

Posted: July 29, 2011

AUGUSTA – Ranking Democratic official, Senator Barry Hobbins (D-York County), released a statement in response to the latest announcement from the...

Senate rejects bill requiring photo ID to vote

Posted: June 14, 2011

Read more at the BDN. By Eric Russell, BDN Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine senators on Monday, in a reversal of a House vote last week, rejected a...

SENATE DEMOCRATS DEFEAT VOTER ID RESTRICTION

Posted: June 13, 2011

AUGUSTA— Senate Democrats led the opposition against a measure that, if passed, would have required a photo identification as a condition of voting...

MPBN: Senator Gerzofsky outraged by bill to restrict voting rights

Posted: June 13, 2011

Move to Eliminate Maine's Same Day Voter Registration Law Draws Protests 06/13/2011 Reported By: Tom Porter A bill to do away with same-day...

SENATE REPUBLICANS GUT VOTERS' RIGHTS

Posted: June 08, 2011

Eliminating same-day voter registration will eliminate tens of thousands of voters   AUGUSTA—Senate Republicans gutted voters' rights today...