Maine: Clean Elections

Thu, 10/09/2008 - 15:02

Negative mailer raises concerns in SD 30

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

A state representative running unopposed has brought an ethics complaint against a state Senate candidate Valerie Carr-Winocour (R-Old Town) for a flier she sent out attacking her, the candidate’s opponent and another state representative.

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Wed, 08/20/2008 - 00:51

Commission questions $2K in MCEA purchases by state Senate candidate

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The Maine Ethics Commission’s staff is questioning more than $2,000 in purchases by independent state Senate candidate Dana Kadey of Princeton, and recommending that he reimburse the state.

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Fri, 06/27/2008 - 13:19

Leave it alone, MCEA proponents say

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Click here for a previous report on the issue.

In the last legislative session, state lawmakers approved measures that made it 30 percent harder for candidates for governor to qualify for public financing. They also required all gubernatorial candidates to be audited by the Ethics Commission.

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Tue, 06/24/2008 - 14:05

Ethics Commission to examine Gubernatorial MCEA requirements

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Qualifications for public financing in gubernatorial races will be put under the microscope Friday by the Maine Ethics Commission.

In 2006, five candidates ran for governor in the general election – a Republican, a Democrat, a Green and two Independents. Three ran under the Maine Clean Elections Act.

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Thu, 04/10/2008 - 17:50

Record number of MCEA candidates to see smaller checks

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Candidates running with public financing will have a little less money to work with this year.

In the latest round of budget cuts, the Legislature cut 5 percent of funding for Clean Elections candidates. It’s not that big of a deal, said Jonathan Wayne, executive director of the Ethics’ Commission -- it’s the lawmakers’ way of sharing the sacrifice of the budget cuts.

The reductions would mean the following:

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Thu, 04/03/2008 - 14:46