Minnesota law letting ex-felons vote takes effect
Fox News· 16 hours agovote after leaving prison has opened Minnesota's voter rolls to at least 55,000 people previously barred from participating in elections. Democratic...
Vote restored to Minnesota felons on supervised release
Post-Bulletin· 1 day agoMore than 50,000 people with felony convictions on supervised release in Minnesota are now eligible...
Commentary: How to resolve the conundrum of American electoral politics
Tri-City Herald· 3 days agoThere is a conundrum at the center of American politics that is unresolvable on its face: according to Gallup, 40 percent of registered voters do not regard themselves as ...
Mark Wood: Arrogance usurps truth with LD 535
The Lewiston Sun Journal· 12 hours agoL.D. 535 is a bill before the Maine Legislature, passing 7-4 out of committee with two legislators voting to pass the bill with an amendment, to allow...
Minnesota's felon voting rights law takes effect
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 21 hours agoWith stacks of voter registration forms and red buttons reading "I will vote," more than a half dozen formerly ineligible voters and advocates fanned out...
Eliot Cutler to begin jail sentence for child porn charges
FOX 23 Maine· 1 day agoDisgraced former Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler will begin his time behind bars on Thursday. Cutler pleaded guilty to four counts involving possession...was given ...
Chickadee soon may become endangered on Maine license plates
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMay 31—Lawmakers and state officials on Wednesday braced for testimony from defenders of the venerable chickadee, which has been a fixture on Maine license plates for nearly ...
Letter to the editor: Grateful for courage of Rep. Pingree
Portland Press Herald· 2 days agoHooray for Rep. Chellie Pingree, who isn’t afraid to stand up for what is needed instead of cowering in the shadows, afraid of offending her armed constituents (“Most of Maine