The Maine legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government has passed LD 142 unanimously. Current law says a qualified party must hold county caucuses in every county in the spring of even-numbered years. The bill, as originally introduced, abolished this requirement. However, the bill has been amended, to say that a party must hold such county caucuses in at least twelve of Maine’s sixteen counties. The amended bill will be helpful, because it frees relatively small qualified parties from having to be organized in some of the smallest counties. Maine’s smallest-population county, Piscataquis, cast fewer than 10,000 votes for President in November 2010.
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Edited By Richard Winger
Each office has ZERO to do with any other office —
One more basic point way beyond the brain dead skulls of lots of so-called lawyers and judges.
ANY States noting such fact of life — i.e. having parties in one or more election areas — smallest to largest in a State — NOT required to be connected with any other party in any other election area ???
Richard, where did you find this news? I didn’t see it in any media. Also, any word on our gubernatorial ballot access law?
I got the news from Ben Chipman and also from Jacqui Devenaux.