ALEC-Linked Group Revealed as Major Secret Donor in Referendum on Maine Voting Rights
by:
Scott Keyes, ThinkProgress
| Report
Last month, Maine voters delivered a major rebuke to Gov. Paul LePage (R) and the Republican-held legislature when they approved a referendum restoring election day voting registration rights in the state. Earlier this year, state legislators passed a bill repealing the state’s 38 year-old law allowing citizens to register at the polls on election day.
Tens of thousands of Mainers responded by petitioning for the matter
come to a referendum. Issue 1 was one of the most-anticipated votes on
election day this year, with pundits watching closely to see how
citizens would react to the Republican-led war on voting, which ramped up in states across the country this year.
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