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Happy Thursday. Though it might not be all that happy of a day for cat lovers living in the coastal city of Bath, where a predator has been killing and maiming beloved felines. Police are urging residents to take extra precautions to keep their furry friends safe. Meanwhile, the Maine Lobster Festival kicked off in Rockland on Wednesday, and there’s all sorts of things to do between now and when the party ends Sunday. Today, you can enjoy food and music and learn all about the dashing derring-do of pirates and piracy. The forecast, though, could put a damper on the festivities, with cloudy skies, breezy winds and the threat of rain. But did “Black Sam” Bellamy let a little rain stop his pilfering and plundering? Not bloody likely, you scurvy dog.
Maine Democrats fight national party on ranked-choice voting in 2028
Fresh off inventing a brand new nominating convention for the U.S. Senate race, Maine Democrats are now trying to stop a proposal by the national party to bar ranked-choice voting from being used to allocate delegates at its 2028 presidential nominating convention.
Maine lawmakers who embraced the instant-runoff system years ago say the change could keep the state’s delegates from being seated at the convention.
More broadly, they see it as interference.
“Voters should pick winners and losers, not have DNC superdelegates rig the rules to deny more choice and more voice to primary voters,” said former state Rep. Kyle Bailey of Gorham, who ran the 2016 referendum campaign that established ranked-choice voting in Maine.
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From the Opinion Page
“Three new laws, which we are calling ICE Out of Maine laws, took effect Wednesday, drawing a line to protect Maine from federal overreach, build trust, and allow people to live more safely and freely within important spaces that fall under the state’s control.”
Opinion: New Maine ‘ICE out’ laws protect our safety and privacy