Image Gallery: Election 2009

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  People watch the earliest election results with mixed emotions at the No on One campaign event at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland Tuesday evening BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY GABOR DEGRE

  

• Gay marriage vote tight

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  Four-year-old James Bertolino of Brewer bides his time on the floor as his mom Janet Bertolino (right) votes at Brewer Auditorium on Tuesday. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS

  

• Gay marriage vote tight

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  Jeremy Yehle casts his vote at the Hampden Municipal Building on Tuesday. According to town clerk Denise Hodsdon, by about 4:30 p.m., more than 2500 residents had cast their votes, either in person or by absentee ballot, of Hampden's 5800 registered voters BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN

  

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  Brian Hale (left), pastor at the Skowhegan Church of the Nazarene, leads two of his parishioners, Sean and Sylvia Murphy, in prayer at a local gathering in support of Question 1, a measure to repeal the law allowing same-sex marriage, at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer on Tuesday. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN

  

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  As they watch election results on TV, Jessi Mallory (facing camera) gets a hug from Bridge Alliance president Jeanne Paradis during their “No On One Vote Watch/Party” on Tuesday evening at the Whig & Courier restaurant in Bangor. Mallory organized last week’s Rock the Vote event at the Morgan Hill Event Center in Hermon to support the cause. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO JOHN CLARKE RUSS

  

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  The Rev. Bob Emrich of Stand for Marriage Maine and Yes on One gets updates from the polls at the gathering in support of Question 1 at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer on Tuesday. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN

  

• Campaigns prepare for results in heavy off-year turnout

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  Voter turnout was steady in Old Town on Tuesday morning. Steve Martell leaves the booth after voting in Old Town's Ward 2. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY MICHAEL YORK

  

• Mainers head to polls to decide same-sex marriage, tax changes

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  Christine Dyer (left) of Bangor, her 5-year-old Lhasa apso Toby, and Peg Killian (right) of Bangor leave their respective polling booths during early voting Monday afternoon at the Bangor Civic Center. Dyer and Killian separately acknowledged that they came to the polls a day early to avoid Tuesday's potential lines. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS

  

• Mainers head to polls to decide same-sex marriage, tax changes

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  Christine Dyer (left) of Bangor, her 5-year-old Lhasa apso Toby, and Peg Killian (right) of Bangor leave their respective polling booths during early voting Monday afternoon at the Bangor Civic Center. Dyer and Killian separately acknowledged that they came to the polls a day early to avoid Tuesday's potential lines. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS

  

• Get-out-the-vote effort in high gear

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  Peg Olson (left) and her partner Kate Petrie of Dedham participate in an interfaith candlelight vigil organized by the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry in Maine at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church in Brewer on Sunday. Similar vigils were held at more than half a dozen churches throughout the state in the final push before election day for the NO on Question 1 campaign. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN

  

• Get-out-the-vote effort in high gear

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  Yes on 1 volunteer Josh Delano of Orrington pauses to fix a campaign sign on Sunday after lining Wilson Street in Brewer with Yes on 1 signs for the third time because of them disappearing or being dismantled. "I'm just gonna put up yes signs next to all the no signs and we'll call it equal," Delano said. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN

  

• Baldacci calls for equality at No on Question 1 event

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  "This vote is about children," said Bev Uhlenhake (left) of Brewer as she talked about her family which includes Ben, 18 months, and Sue (center) at a press conference urging people to vote No on Question 1 in Bangor on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Governor Baldacci also gave his support to the campaign Tuesday and discussed how he came to support gay marriage. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN

  

• Opposition to ballot question grows

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  Volunteer Yovanne Stevenson (left) of Bangor helps ward clerk Mary Ellen Sullivan, Deputy Registrar of Voters Mike Gleason and Bangor Police Sgt. Paul Edwards deliver voting equipment and paperwork just before the polls opened Monday morning at the Bangor Civic Center. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS

  

• Opposition to ballot question grows

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  William Vandegrift of Bangor casts his early vote as ward clerk Mary Ellen Sullivan (right) advises him just after the polls opened Monday morning (10/23) at the Bangor Civic Center. "There are no crowds, and it's convenient," said Vandegrift of his decision to vote early. The Bangor Civic Center was one of several sites across the state participating in Maine's Early Voting Pilot Program. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS

  

• Opposition to ballot question grows

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  Voting stickers rest on a ballot counting machine just after polls opened Monday morning (10/23) at the Bangor Civic Center. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS

  

• Opposition to ballot question grows

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  Bangor City Clerk Patti Dubois (right) primes voting warden John Eaton on how to help voters use the Access Voting System as the polls opened at 8 a.m. Monday (10/23) at the Bangor Civic Center. The system helps voters who have problems with their vision, motor skills or literacy cast their ballots. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS

  

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