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Hickman should replace Bellows
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You may be tired of hearing about elections, but we have another important one coming up in Maine Senate District 14 on March 9. Now that Shenna Bellows is secretary of state, there will be a special election to fill that seat. I urge you to vote for Craig Hickman in this important race.
He has been our representative in Winthrop, as well as Readfield and North Monmouth, for eight years and always worked with integrity, seriousness, and accessibility.
I had occasion last year to testify before a joint committee in which Craig was a member. I feel strongly that we need to get rid of the Electoral College and was there to testify in favor of the National Popular Vote Compact. It is very possible that it could be enacted by enough states to take effect before the next presidential election. It passed in the Maine Senate last year and came nearly passed in the House. Craig supports this and we need his help to get it passed. More information about
Under Tauchen’s new bill, gerrymandering could impact the results of congressional and presidential elections.
After the 2020 census, Hebl said he hopes to see new legislative districts drawn in a more proportionately representative fashion. Hebl said with the passage of this new GOP bill, partisan congressional redistricting would be highly impactful, not only for senate and house races but also in presidential elections.
Patrick Rosenstiel, the senior consultant at the National Popular Vote, discussed the possible implications of Tauchen’s proposed bill. Rosenstiel said the election would no longer come down to a few key battleground states such as Wisconsin. Instead, the focus would turn to crucial battleground districts, further winnowing an already narrow campaign trail.
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Increasing political violence, culminating in the recent riots at the U.S. Capitol, demands that Americans of all political persuasions come together to condemn force and reemphasize the importance of civilized discourse and debate.
To counteract this growing threat seen not only at the Capitol but also during the Black Lives Matter riots this summer and the shooting attack on Congressional Republicans in 2017 we need more speech, not less.
Together, we can rise from this low point in American politics. We can usher in a future where logic, persuasion and rhetoric overcome the factions looking to supplant these ideals with violence, mob rule and incitement.
End the Electoral College? Many events have been canceled or postponed due to coronavirus concerns. Please check with the organization before going to any event. Patrick Rosenstiel
Photo courtesy of National Popular Vote For decades, polls have shown that a majority of Americans want to replace the Electoral College with direct election of the president by popular vote. Yet since the election of 2000 the issue has become partisan, so that a constitutional amendment would be unlikely to get the necessary supermajority in Congress. The National Popular Vote campaign is an effort to make the Electoral College obsolete without a constitutional amendment, by getting a critical mass of states to agree to allocate their Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote.