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Supporters have spent $1.55 million on their campaign, as well as incurring $1 million in debt, according to their October 5 campaign finance report. The only contribution listed on the October 5th finance report of opponents was $30,000 on a poll funded by Churchill Downs Incorporated , which owns the Oxford Casino in Oxford County .
Unlike normal political action committees, they are not allowed to contribute directly to the campaign of a candidate or their party. [ 1 ] In August 2023, citizens of Maine organized a ballot question committee, Maine Citizens to End SuperPACs, to gather enough signatures as required by the Maine Constitution to get the initiative on the ...
Oct. 26—The Maine Ethics Commission ruled Wednesday that a state Senate candidate and an out-of-state political action group did not properly disclose the funding sources for campaign ...
Jan. 21—AUGUSTA, Maine — A major national conservative group is refusing to comply with a Maine ethics investigation into whether it broke campaign finance laws here, setting up potential ...
On November 30, 2011, the Maine Ethics Commission ruled that Burns broke campaign finance rules during his 2010 campaign. The ethics commission declared that Burns owed more than $2,000 for violating state law regarding the use of public funds, including the co-mingling of personal and campaign funds, the falsifying of documents and other ...
The 'Clean Elections Initiative' would increase public funding for qualifying candidates for office to as much as $3 million to make them more competitive.
Maine Question 1, "An Act To Strengthen the Maine Clean Election Act, Improve Disclosure and Make Other Changes to the Campaign Finance Laws", was a citizen-initiated referendum measure in Maine, which appeared on the November 3, 2015 statewide ballot.
Dec. 20—The State Ethics Commission has upheld a hearing officer's decision finding State Treasurer Laura Montoya violated campaign finance reporting laws by accepting $10,000 in concealed ...