Majority rule is a fundamental principle of American Representative Democracy. Our leaders should be elected by more than half of us.
Races with more than two candidates are common in Maine… Read More
Republicans control a record number of State Legislative chambers across the Country, effectively sidelining any hopes progressives have of advancing an agenda.
In response, Liberals are t… Read More
Maine’s Gubernatorial races often feature more than two candidates, and for 50 years, none of them has won a first term with majority support. Fed up with unpopular Chief Executives wh… Read More
Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
Portland, Maine’s Daily Newspaper, Portland Press Herald: "We need an electoral system built for the way we live today, n… Read More
With 87% of the vote reported, Maine Question Five has won, 52% to 48%. This is the initiative to use Rank-Choice Voting, sometimes also called Instant-Runoff Voting.
Under the election ov… Read More
Changing the way Americans vote for their Elected officials doesn't come easy. People are creatures of habit, and it is hard enough to get them to vote with the system we have now, let alone… Read More
Orrin Hatch and Dianne Feinstein will be 84 and 85 years old, respectively, on Election Day 2018. If that thought alone isn’t tiring enough, here’s another way of looking at it:… Read More
On November 8th 2016, Maine became the first State to adopt Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) as their process to Elect State Representatives. Now, the Citizens’ Initiative that passed with o… Read More
A new Maine Bill presented and co-sponsored by Republican and Democratic State Lawmakers seeks to “require candidates to be listed as unenrolled if not registered with a recognized par… Read More
Legislative Updates
California: The Senate has Approved a Bill that would require Races for County Offices in San Diego County only to be Determined in the November General Election, regard… Read More
The Maine Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) Law enacted by Voters in 2016 is in Danger of Full Repeal following a Series of Votes Monday in the Legislature, but it has a Stay of Execution until Dec… Read More
Maine’s Republican Governor defiantly said Wednesday he will Not Expand the State’s Medicaid system under ObamaCare despite it being overwhelming Approved by Voters through a Bal… Read More
Maine Voters will Decide at the Polls Tuesday whether the Pine Tree State will join 31 States and the District of Columbia in Expanding Medicaid to more Low-Income Adults under the Affordabl… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) has introduced a Bill that would End a longtime quirk with the Postal Service that has some Rural Northern Missouri Reside… Read More
Legislative Updates
California: AB 1407 has been approved. Under the Bill, 16-year-olds would be Eligible to Pre-Register to Vote.
Georgia: By a 35-19 Party line Vote, the Senate has appro… Read More
Utah Residents are going to Vote on Medicaid Expansion in November, after Organizers got enough Signatures to put the item on the Ballot.
The Advocacy group, Utah Decides Healthcare, submit… Read More
Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) will be used in Maine’s June Primary Elections, the State’s High Court ruled on Tuesday in a massive Win for Supporters of the First-in-the-Nation syst… Read More
A Federal Judge ruled that a Lawsuit filed by Maryland’s Attorney General alleging President Trump Violated a Constitutional Prohibition on accepting Foreign Gifts may Proceed. This i… Read More
Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage Vetoed efforts by State's Legislature to Expand Medicaid multiple times over several years, vowing that he just wasn't going to let it happen.
The Citizens… Read More
Seven months after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made a surprise Offshore Drilling Exemption for Florida following Bipartisan Outcry, the Issue has roared its head again, just in time for th… Read More
Maine Gov. Paul LePage Scored one last Veto Victory on Thursday, successfully Blocking a Request from the Secretary of State’s Office for more than $300,000 to Cover Additional Costs f… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH 7th District) has introduced Legislation that would require All Voters to Provide Proof-of-Citizenship when Registering to Vote… Read More
Legislative Updates
California: Gov. Jerry Brown has Signed the Every Vote Counts Act into Law. Under the New Law, Voters will be provided an Opportunity to Verify Signatures on their Vote… Read More
Outgoing Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is getting on everyone's last nerve in Maine, including Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy who gave him a December 5th Deadline to implement the Medic… Read More
The Attorneys General of the District of Columbia and Maryland Plan to File Subpoenas Tuesday seeking Records from the Trump Organization, the Internal Revenue Service, and Dozens of other E… Read More
From Granting Voting Rights to Expanding Worker Protections, Midterm Voters Passed a Wave of Progressive Ballot Measures across the Nation. Since then, however, many of their Own Elected Off… Read More
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals Denied Maine's U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s (R-2nd District) attempt to keep Jared Golden (D) from succeeding him Jan. 3rd in the U.S. House of Represent… Read More
Ballotpedia has this Report on the Change of States Governments after the Mid-Term Elections.
New York is one of Six States to Change from a Divided Government to a Democratic Trifecta as a… Read More
The General Services Administration (GSA) ignored concerns that President Trump’s Lease on a Government-owned Building, the one that Houses his Trump International Hotel in Washington… Read More
The Idaho Supreme Court Voted to Uphold Proposition 2, Dismissing Legal Challenges to an Initiative that was Approved by Voters in November 2018.
Proposition 2 Expanded Medicaid Eligibility… Read More
Republicans in Michigan, Utah, Wisconsin, and elsewhere, didn’t like what Voters chose last year, so they’re simply Undoing it.
Last Election Day, 555,651 Utahns, 53% of Voters… Read More
Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
Maine will have a Presidential Primary, March 2nd 2020, replacing an Unpopular Caucus System.
The Bill, L.D. 1083, "An Act To… Read More