I believe there's a whole lot of us would be willing to help with this that may not have been comfortable going door to door about #NoOn1, #YesOn2, etc, and that we could make a difference.
Yesterday my 13 year-old son who has grown up in shooter drills since kindergarten told me I should vote #Yeson2
Proud to be a #Mainer today. #MEpolitics
Maine Question 2 – 56% of votes counted √ Yes, 154,535 60.5% No, 100,868 39.5%
AP calls Maine's Question 2 on adding red flag law to existing yellow flag law as Yes, passed, with 56% of votes counted.
"Yes wins. AP race call at 9:55 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2025."
#YesOn2 #Maine #MEpolitics #RedFlagLaw
And so it goes…
#NoOn1 victory is essentially Mainers sensibly preserving broad trust in all voters. The issue is partisan and results tell the GOP we’re on to ‘their fear-mongering.
#YesOn2 landslide is a huge step forward in rational common sense on guns. This is a major #mepolitics shift.
A picture of me, wearing a smile and an “I VOTED today” sticker.
Today’s the day, VOTE! #democracy
(if you don’t vote early) #NoOn1 #YesOn2 #Maine
My bellwethers:
#NoOn1 winning #ME02 spells trouble for Maine's GOP. It means an issue's complexity was understood beyond fearmongering.
#YesOn2 winning Androscoggin Co means we're finally getting into a rational environment to discuss well reasoned gun law.
Both iffy but #mepolitics directional.
Mainers: #VoteNOon1 #YesOn2
86 47 NOW
#Trumpsteinfiles NOW.
EARLY VOTING and ABSENTEE REQUEST in MAINE
Great reminder from @tuckerforcongress.bsky.social:
Thurs OCT 30 is last day in Maine for early in-person voting (in presence of municipal clerk) and to request an absentee ballot. Do either before your town office closes for the day!
#VoteNOon1 #YesOn2
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Questions 1 & 2 on Maine's
2025 State Referendum
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A well-informed voter is a wise voter.
Here's The Maine Monitor's guide, presenting positions & details on Questions 1 & 2.
PineTreeActivism.org is for #NoOn1 and #YesOn2. You?
@themainemonitor.org
SCRAMING INTO THE VOID!!!! What do you people think was meant by #DepartmentofPublicSafety instead of all the funding going to #Police??? We could have had nice things in #Minneapolis, now we pay expensive consultants doing the work the Amendment stated but #YesOn2 #DontRankFrey
I voted Yes! #YesOn2
Happy #ElectionDay STOW! Polls are open until 7:30pm. Please vote #YesOn2 so we can keep funding local infrastructure projects. And remember to claim your ducks for Bulldog Bags’ Duck Race to feed schoolkids this Saturday at Meadowbrook Park: signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A4A922A1FCC34-55717577-2025#/
I join the vast majority of #Ohio’s elected officials across the political spectrum to recommend a vote for #YesOn2 which simply allows the state to keep borrowing money for infrastructure projects. This is the only issue on tomorrow’s ballot for most of us!
Knock on doors, campaign, get the word out to prevent LaRose and his deceitful ballot language from fooling #Ohio again!
#YesOn2
Went to go vote early for the May Primary in Hamilton County!! Please be sure to vote YES ON ISSUE 2 for our infrastructure all across Ohio #yeson2 #Ohio #Cincinnati
2024 map
2016 map
Notice lots of overlap in communities voting #NoOn2 (MCAS grad) in 2024 and #YesOn2 (lift cap on charter schools) in 2016 (especially in the wealth of their residents)? I guess neither group convinced our urban communities that they were looking out for them (like ads claimed)?
Report often cited by MCAS backers isn't as pro-MCAS as they say - CommonWealth Beacon commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/repo...
#MAPoli #YesOn2 #MCAS #PublicEducation
Listening to @haveyouheard.bsky.social on the purpose of high school.
#Education #YesOn2 #MAPoli
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Think for a moment what motivation an out-of-state billionaire has for maintaining a standardized test as a requirement for a high school diploma.
Hint: A large underclass is a source of cheap, disposable labor.
#YesOn2 #MAPoli
www.wbur.org/news/2024/10...
Anti-Q2 folks: Stop saying Question 2 "gets rid of MCAS." Opponents of Question 2 are lying to you to try and win through deception. IT DOES NOT GET RID OF MCAS. PERIOD. We will still have MCAS as an "evaluative tool." Please vote hard for #YesOn2!
www.wwlp.com/news/state-p...
Blog post
It's early voting time! 🗳️ Not sure how you are voting on Massachusetts Question 2 (to end the MCAS graduation requirement)? Consider reading about why I am #YesOn2. christophermartell.blogspot.com/2024/09/why-...
I really trust @tracynovick.bsky.social, and her post reinforces some of my own second guessing. So many arguments on either side do not engage with the substance of the question, but Tracy really does. In the end, I think I’m still #YesOn2, but it’s not a straightforward or obvious vote at all.
Me, a middle-age white man wearing glasses and a blue-checked shirt holding an “I Voted” sticker with an American flag in front of a “Vote Here” sign in multiple languages.
Voted early.
Disappointed that so many candidates are running unopposed. And in the big contested election my vote is irrelevant due to the anti-democratic electoral college. But I did take the opportunity to voteYes for all 5 MA ballot initiatives.
#yeson1 #yeson2 #yeson3 #yeson4 #yeson5
Just Somerville's full at-large contingent showing up to canvass for #YesOn2
Some voters think Question 2 will eliminate the MCAS. I wonder where they get that idea (which is incorrect)? Roll clip of Gov. Maura Healey yesterday. "If you eliminate MCAS, you don't have anything else to replace it as a statewide standard." #YesOn2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jms7...
Finally, there is no evidence that Massachusetts is top in the nation on education because we have a graduation exam. Only 2 of the top 10 states on NAEP have graduation exams. The other one, New Jersey, also has a push to end theirs. #YesOn2 christophermartell.blogspot.com/2024/09/why-...
Nor does Question 2 leave Massachusetts without uniform standards (there are mandated curriculum frameworks that all teachers must follow). Nor does every politician in the state oppose it (just the ones most easily influenced by big business). #YesOn2 christophermartell.blogspot.com/2024/09/why-...
📢 I'll say it again for the folks in the back (and anyone who heard misinformation during the WBUR and GBH debates today). Question 2 does not get rid of the MCAS exam (just gets rid of an arbitrary passing score needed on it to get a diploma). #YesOn2 christophermartell.blogspot.com/2024/09/why-...