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Read up on the Charter Commission!

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Our Charter Commission Voter Guide!

Read up on the candidates, and learn more about our endorsees!

This has been an exciting year already for Maine politics, and it just keeps getting better. While you don't have any ballot initiatives or referendums to vote on this June, you get to choose the faces behind the policy-making for our City! So scope out the guide, and read up on Candidates for the Portland Charter Commission.

In order to receive League endorsement, candidates and issues needed to win a simple majority using an Instant Runoff Voting ballot. Our multi-partisan Elections Committee then spends up to 8 hours a week researching and interviewing candidates. Committed League members who have racked up a minimum of 8 hours of volunteer time are then allowed to vote on their favorite candidates. We are focused and committed to ensuring that our endorsed candidates have the skills and background necessary for elected office and would be excellent advocates for issues affecting young people.


Endorsed Candidates:

District 1
Ben Chipman

District 2
Dan Jenkins

District 3
Laurie J. Davis

District 4
John Spritz

District 5
Peter Rickett

At - Large
James Cohen
Nathan Smith
Jim Gooch
Paul Farrell


 

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League in the News!

Portland Commission rejects noncitizen voting - 2010-03-12
Reported by Josie Huang - MPBN

Denial of noncitizen vote mobilizes petition drive - 2010-03-12
By Tom Bell - Portland Press Herald

League of Young Voters Re-Ignites - 2010-03-04
By Ed King - The West End News

Young Voters group trying to 're-ignite' community - 2010-03-03
By Casey Conley
- The Portland Daily Sun

METRO raises bus fare - 2010-02-24
By Tom Bell - Portland Press Herald

Column on restaurant workers unfair to those seeking justice - 2010-02-05
LTE By Will Everitt - Portland Press Herald

Bus fares set to climb - 2010-01-27
By Deirdre Fulton - Portland Phoenix

Getting the Green Light on Transport - 2010-01-20
By Deirdre Fulton - Portland Phoenix

City eyes new ways to elect officials - 2010-01-15
By Dennis Hoey - Portland Press Herald

Meet Will Everitt - 2010-01-14
By Deirdre Fulton - Portland Phoenix

City gets a handle on biking potential - 2010-01-10
By Matt WickenHeiser - Portland Press Herald

 



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