All Points Information May 31, 2012 Page 5 Voter Primer for the June Primary covering candidates Polling hours Polling hours and locations for the June 12 election are noted for each town. Town clerks have absentee ballots available for those who want them; clerks’ hours and contact information is noted. Blue Hill: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at town office, upstairs. Town Clerk Etta Perkins and Registrar of Voters Lucy Sisco, 374-2281. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Brooklin: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at fire house, 25 Bay Rd. Town Clerk and Registrar of Voters Jeannine Hardy, 359- 8394. Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 2-5 p.m. Brooksville: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at Town House. Town Clerk and Registrar of Voters Amber Bakeman, 326- 4518. Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Thursday, 6-8 p.m. Castine: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at Emerson Hall. Town June 12, 2012 Clerk and Registrar of Voters Susan Macomber, 326-4502. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Deer Isle: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at Town Hall. Town Voter Primer for the June Primary covering Democratic candidates Clerk and Registrar of Voters Becky Knowlton, 348-6060. Office hours: Monday through Friday except Thursday, 9 a.m.- Senate District 31 12 p.m.; Thursday 4-7 p.m. Isle au Haut: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Revere Memorial (Castine, Penobscot, and 19 other towns in Hancock and Penobscot counties) Hall. Town Clerk and Registrar Susan MacDonald, 335-5577. Emery Deabay Deborah Deane Penobscot: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at Town Hall. Town Democrat, Bucksport Democrat, Brewer Clerk and Registrar of Voters Mary Ellen Gross, 326-4364. by Anne Berleant by Anne Berleant Office hours: Monday 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m.; Tuesday 4- Born in Presque Isle, Emery In 2008, Deborah Deane ran 8 p.m.; Thursday 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. Deabay moved to Bucksport at for the 31st district seat against age 10 and has lived there for over incumbent Republican Richard Sedgwick: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at Sedgwick Town 40 years. He is an operator in the Rosen and garnered nearly 9,000 House, 574 North Sedgwick Rd. Town Clerk and Registrar of Verso paper mill boiler house, votes, losing by approximately Voters Cynthia Reilly, 359-2275 or 326-9012. Office hours: where he has worked for 37 years, 3,000. She has entered the Wednesday 1:30-6 p.m. and Thursday 2:30-5:30 p.m., at home and has been active in the union Democratic primary race for the Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m. since the start. Currently, he is opportunity to try again. president of the United Steel Deane grew up in Hampden Stonington: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at Town Hall, Workers Local 1188 and vice and Milford, and moved to second floor. Town Clerk and Registrar of Voters Lucy president of the Eastern Maine Brewer 15 years ago where she Bradshaw, 367-2351. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 Labor Council. has been active in speaking up for a.m.-4 p.m. “My passion is to be a voice for all working men and people facing challenges: the elderly, veterans, the unemployed, women,” he said in a recent interview. “Whether you belong to homeowners facing foreclosure. Surry: Polling hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at town office meeting the union or don’t belong, our needs aren’t being taken care of “Basically, I’ve been a voice,” Deane said in a recent inter- room. Town Clerk and Registrar of Voters Angela Smith, 667- in Augusta with the current legislature.” view. 5912. Office hours: Tuesday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. As a means to creating a better economy, Deabay supports a A graduate of Hampden Academy and the University of “bottom-up” rather than a “top-down” approach. “If you raise a Maine, she holds a bachelor’s degree in human services with wage from $10 to $12, that money goes back into the economy. business as a strong secondary interest. If you give a tax break to the rich, that money goes into the Deane served for eight years on the board of Penquis, a bank,” he said. nonprofit that develops local solutions to problems facing the Absentee ballots elderly, economically disadvantaged citizens, through 2004, and Deabay supports balancing the state budget with revenue You do not need a reason to vote by absentee ballot and you on Eastern Maine Medical Center committees, and has reno- increases and cuts; he is not in favor of decreasing the top tax can go to your town office to vote in person as soon as ballots vated homes for handicapped people and those who need rate “before we pay our bills…We can’t get rid of our revenue are available. If voting in person, you don’t need to complete an assisted living housing. stream at the same time we’re making cuts,” he said. application. Deane does not support the closing of the Penobscot Nursing One proposed cut is in LD 1571, which removes a workers If you do not want to or are unable to come to the polls and Home. “Why are they doing that? I don’t think people should be compensation program that helps employees filing claims and want someone outside your immediate family to handle the disrupted. I don’t agree with that,” she said. appeals. Deabay opposes the bill, which has been carried over absentee ballot for you, you must make a written request for that If elected, Deane said her main goal is getting factories back into the next legislature session. specific person to pick up and hand-deliver the ballot to you. in Maine. “Instead of giving everything to China, we should Deabay sees Maine’s greatest economic strength as first, the Only this person may handle the absentee ballot. Ballots cast in bring things back to the U.S.,” she said. people, and second, the environment. this way must be witnessed by a notary public, a municipal On a local level, she supports easing licensing regulations for “We need to take care of sustainable forestry and fisheries,” clerk, a clerk of courts, or two other witnesses. Deabay said. “We need to do everything we can to keep the new and existing businesses, and a tax break for first-year busi- paper industry viable.” ness owners. Registering to vote Deabay supports manufacturing in Maine, but feels federal “I’d like to see more young people stay in Maine and start trade laws make it difficult to make changes on the state level. businesses, with tax breaks and incentives,” Deane said. “I’d like According to the Secretary of State, it’s never too late to “We have to find where the answer is. It’s not that easy. If it to change this on a local level and then take to the legislature. We register to vote in Maine. You can register in person at your was, it would have been done by now.” have smart, gifted people who are entrepreneurs.” town office up to and including election day. On education issues, Deabay is in favor of standards based Deane favors early education, and is a strong supporter of the teacher evaluation, “as long as there’s some involvment with Head Start programs. “It’s a great program…that teaches good Changing parties teachers in the process—that’s the key part,” he said. “There has manners and rules for children entering into the school system,” The deadline to change parties has now passed, however to be checks and balances.” she said. those currently unenrolled may choose to enroll in either any He does not, however, support the school choice bill, However, Deane is “concerned about some aspects” that go party up until and on election day at their specified polling loca- although he believes more needs to be done for vocational with some proposed educational reforms, like proficiency-based tion. education. “I do agree with the governor on that. One size learning and standards-based teacher evaluations. She is not in doesn’t fit all. We need to make sure our education choice favor of learning disabled or challenged students receiving includes as many kids as we can.” Deabay is in favor of early certificates instead of high school diplomas, and while she education, including pre-K programs in public schools. believes in accountability for teachers, she also said “teachers Democrat candidates, pages 5-6 The Penobscot Nursing Home should remain open, Deabay should be supported more.” said. “Selling to the highest bidder and displacing people is just “I’m an old-school Democrat,” she said, “standing up for Republican candidates, page 7 wrong…It’s about communities and people being able to be in people’s rights.” places they’re familiar with, close to families and relatives.” Democratic candidates continued on Compass page 6 Page 6 May 31, 2012 All Points Information Voter Primer for the June Primary covering Democratic candidates United States Senator Representatives, 2006-present. vice president of United Paperworkers’ International Union Professional: Attorney, Lewis Saul and Associates, 1983- Local 152. Cynthia Dill, Cape Elizabeth 2003, 2006-present; Attorney, Natural Resources Council of Political: Senator, Maine State Senate, 2011-present; Maine, 2003-2006; Campaign Director, Greenpeace Representative, Maine State House of Representatives, International, 1996-1997; Acting Attorney General, 2006-2011; Councilor, Cape Elizabeth Town Council, 2006- Republic of Palau; Adjunct Professor, University of 2008.