It wasn’t close from the moment results started pouring in. Question three – the ballot initiative aimed at overturning the Governor’s contentious school consolidation program – has gone down in flames tonight.
With 71% of precincts reporting, the no on 3 coalition can claim victory, currently holding 58% of the vote, [...]
With 63% of precincts reporting, the results are as follows:
Question 1 – People’s Veto of Equal Marriage Bill
Yes – 188,497 – 52% No – 176,473 – 48%As the night wears on and the numerical lead for Yes on One continues to be in five digits, that bodes well for their [...]
With 22% of precincts reporting, question 1 simply could not be ANY closer. What started out as a great night for the no on one crowd has significantly changed, and we are now officially in a dogfight.
Take a gander at the results so far.
Question 1 – Equal Marriage Veto
No [...]With roughly 17% of the vote counted in Maine so far, Question 1 has tightened up a great deal, currently standing at 48-51 for no. However, thus far in the night the response to TABOR has remained relatively steady – a complete and utter rejection.
Currently, no is winning handily. They [...]
Early returns are in. Currently the Bangor Daily News is reporting that with roughly 5% of the vote currently counted, the referendum questions are currently breaking down as follows:
QUESTION 1 – REJECT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW
No 14988 - 54.48% Yes 12524 - 45.52%QUESTION 2 – DECREASE AUTOMOBILE EXCISE TAX
No [...]Okay, so she didn’t actually say those exact words – but the sentiment behind what she said certainly seemed to communicate that message.
Tim Pawlenty went on Morning Joe this morning, and observers everywhere are commenting on the exchanges about Senator Olympia Snowe.
When Scarborough – an unabashed Olympia Snowe apologist [...]
Even with some well founded warnings that the Secretary of State has a tendency to misjudge the turnout in the state of Maine, it does appear that turnout across the state is quite high – potentially approaching (some believe higher than) the 50% threshold.
If this is in fact true, [...]
This afternoon, Maine Governor John Baldacci stopped by MSNBC to talk to David Schuster and company about Maine’s Equal Marriage law, and the efforts to repeal it.
Baldacci’s comments focused on the evolution of the issue in Maine, the process that lead to its approval by the legislature as well as [...]
For about two weeks now I have been debating whether or not to issue a formal endorsement of any of the ballot questions – but particularly question one.
After all, it is really a no win proposition for me – regardless of what I recommend, I will likely end up inciting [...]
