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Maine Clean Elections Advocates Raise $430K for Referendum Effort

AUGUSTA, Maine - Supporters of a referendum effort designed to increase accountability and transparency in Maine elections, and limit the influence of big money, say they've raised more than $430,000 during the latest recording period.

Andrew Bossie is executive director of the group "Maine Citizens for Clean Elections Action." He says Mainers will be asked if they want to restore Maine's Clean Elections Act so that elected officials remain accountable to voters and not campaign donors.

"But it's also about increasing transparency in disclosure so we know who's influencing our vote," Bossie says, "and also making sure that when people play in our politics in Maine that they follow the rules, so we'll increase fines and penalties on those the break campaign finance laws."

Organizers say the campaign has received more than 1,200 donations from Maine citizens representing all 151 House Districts and 35 Senate Districts, and that the average donation from a Maine citizen is $88.

Ed Morin
Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.