In the News 2021

Features

• Portland charter commissioners to take up clean elections proposal, Rachel Ohm, The Portland Press Herald, 12/6/2021
• Mills Vetoes Bill That Would Have Barred Foreign Government-Owned Entities From Electioneering In Ballot Campaigns, Steve Mistler, Maine PBN, 6/24/2021
• Maine money-in-politics overhaul targets direct donations from businesses, Jessica Piper, The Bangor Daily News, 5/12/2021
• Sen. Maxmin introduces bill to improve PAC finance laws, Penobscot Bay Press, 5/7/2021
• Committee Takes Up Bill To Ban Corporate Contributions To Maine Lawmakers, PACs, Steve Mistler, Maine PBN, 4/27/2021
• Bill aims to ban corporate campaign contributions, David Horwitz, WFVX-22, 4/22/2021
• Maine Democratic legislative leaders unveil proposal to ban corporate contributions to political candidates, WABI News Desk, WABI-5, 4/22/2021
• Bill Would Bar Corporations From Contributing To Maine Candidates, Mal Leary, Maine PBN, 4/22/2021
• Maine Rep. Jared Golden backs election reform bill, Cindy Williams, WCSH-6, 3/2/2021

Press Clips

• Pulse Newsletter: As Voting Rights Move To The Spotlight, Maine’s Senators Split, Maine PBN, 6/25/2021
• Maine bill asks sites backed by political groups to reveal funding, WGME-13, 5/25/2021

Letters to the Editor

• Support for corporate contribution ban, Nora Schwarz, The Lewiston Sun Journal, 5/11/2021
• Maine should ban election contributions from corporations, Mary Ann Larson, The Portland Press Herald, 3/22/2021
• Maine should ban corporations from giving to candidates, Jessica Mahnke, The Portland Press Herald, 2/25/2021

Op-Eds

• Maine should ban political spending by foreign-influenced corporations, John Brautigam and Ron Fein, 4/17/2021
• For the People Act takes Maine’s election values nationwide, Alison Smith, The Portland Press Herald, 3/16/2021
• Corporations are rethinking their political contributions. They should stop them altogether., Jill Ward and James Kilbreth, The Bangor Daily News, 1/25/2021