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For the 2014 General Election Covering Candidates and Questions on the Ballot Voter Primer for the 2014 General Election Covering candidates and questions on the ballot November 4, 2014 the ballot to you. Only this person may handle the absen- tee ballot. Ballots cast in this way must be witnessed by a Where do I vote? notary public, a municipal clerk, a clerk of courts, or two Penobscot: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at town hall. Registrar of other witnesses. Polling hours for area towns Voters Mary Ellen Gross, 326-4364. Office hours: Mon., 9 Polling hours and locations for the November 4 election a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m.; Tue. 4-8 p.m.; Thu. 9 a.m.-12 Registering to vote are noted for each town. Town clerks have absentee ballots p.m. and 2-5 p.m. According to the Secretary of State, it’s never too late to available; clerks’ hours and contact information is noted. register to vote in Maine. You can register in person at your Blue Hill: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., upstairs at the town office. Sedgwick: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at town house. Registrar of town office up to and including election day. Town Clerk Etta Perkins, 374-2281. Office hours: Mon.- Voters Cynthia Reilly, 359-2275 or 326-9012. Office hours Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at town office: Wed. 1:30-6 p.m. and Thu. 2:30-5:30 p.m. Changing parties At home: Wed., 7-8:30 p.m. The deadline to change parties has now passed; however, Brooklin: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the town office. Registrar those currently unenrolled may choose to enroll in any of Voters Jeannine Hardy, 359-8394. Office hours: Tue. Stonington: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at town hall, second floor. party up until and on election day at their specified polling and Thu., 2-5 p.m. Registrar of Voters Lucy Bradshaw, 367-2351. Office location. hours: Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Brooksville: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at public service building. Registrar of Voters Amber Bakeman, 326-4518. Office Surry: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at town hall meeting room. Town hours: Mon. and Wed., 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Thu., 6-8 p.m. Clerk Angela Smith, 667-5912. Office hours: Tue.-Fri., 8 CONTENTS a.m.-4 p.m. Castine: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Emerson Hall. Registrar of Polling hours and absentee ballots page 1 Voters Susan Macomber, 326-4502. Office hours, Mon.- Candidate biographies and questionnaires: Fri., 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Voting by absentee ballot You do not need a reason to vote by absentee ballot and Governor page 2 Deer Isle: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at town hall. Registrar of you can go to your town office to vote in person as soon as U.S. Senate page 2 Voters Becky Knowlton, 348-6060. Office hours: Mon. ballots are available. If voting in person, you don’t need to Representative to Congress, and Wed., 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; Thu., 4-7 p.m. complete an application. District 2 page 2 The deadline to request an absentee ballot is Thursday, State Senate pages 2-4 Isle au Haut: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Revere Memorial Hall. October 30, unless the voter completes a special circum- Registrar of Voters Susan MacDonald, 335-5577. stances application, stating one of four allowable reasons State House of Representatives pages 4-6 for requesting an absentee ballot after this deadline: 1. District Attorney page 6 an unexpected absence from the municipality during the County Officials page 7 Election entire time the polls are open on election day; 2. a physical Voting District Maps pages 3,4 disability; 3. an inability to travel to the polls because the Referendum questions page 8 2014 voter is a resident of a coastal island ward or precinct; or 4. an incapacity or illness that has resulted in the voter being Online at unable to leave home or a treatment facility. Absentee ballots are available at your town hall or October 23, 2014 office; upon request, one will be mailed to you. You may Supplement to Castine Patriot, penobscotbaypress.com also request an absentee ballot be mailed to you at maine. gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl. All requests Island Ad-Vantages, and The Weekly Packet Our special Election 2014 archive, must be made by October 30, including ones completed at Information compiled and/or a town office. written by Anne Berleant consisting of interviews with the If you do not want to or are unable to come to the polls candidates and other and want someone outside your immediate family to han- Penobscot Bay Press stories, and this Voter Primer dle the absentee ballot for you, you must make a written request for that specific person to pick up and hand-deliver Community Information Services 2 Penobscot Bay Press Voter Primer, October 23, 2014 Candidates Voter Primer Director, Center for Family Business, Husson College, this a priority and how do you think the legislature can Maine Governor 1994-1996. Deputy State Treasurer, State of Massachusetts, work toward fulfilling its transportation infrastructure? Eliot Cutler 1993. New England Regional Director, United States Small 3. Passion for public office. What is your overriding Independent, Cape Elizabeth Business Administration, 1992-93. Staff Director, Senate passion for seeking this position? Political: Founder and former chairman of OneMaine. Subcommittee on Oversight Government Management, Associate director of Natural Resources in the Office of 1981-87. Staff, United States Senator William S. Cohen, Management and Budget under President Jimmy Carter, 1975-87. Senate District 7, formerly 28 1977-1980. Served as a member of Senator Muskie’s staff Education: BA, Saint Lawrence University. (Includes Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Deer Isle, for six years. Personal: Married. Sedgwick, Stonington, Surry and 22 other towns in Professional: Chairman of MaineAsia, LLC. Principal Hancock County) in Chamisa Energy, LLC. Co-founder and principal in Maine Seafood Ventures, LLC, 2010-2012. Partner and Ted Koffman co-founder, Cutler & Stanfield, LLP, an environmental Representative to Congress, Democrat, Bar Harbor and land use law firm. Merged with Akin Gump Straus Political: Representative, Hauer and Feld, LLP in 2000. Served as business advisor District 2 Maine State House, 2000-08. and lawyer for Skanska USA, a subsidiary of a large con- Emily Cain Professional: Director, struction company. Co-financed and co-created Thornburg Government and Community Democrat, Orono Relations, College of the Investment Company in 1981. Chairman, Board of Political: Senator, Maine State Senate, 2012-pres- Atlantic, 1976-present; Diver, Visitors, Muskie School of Public Service, University of ent; Member, Orono Democratic Committee; Minority Challenger Marine, 1975- Southern Maine; President, Emanuel and Pauline Lerner Floor Leader, 2012; Representative, 2004-12. Chairman 76; Administrator, Franconia Foundation. Government Oversight committee; member, Appropriations College, 1969-75. Education: BA from Harvard College, JD from and Financial Affairs committee, Maine State Senate. Education: MA, Goddard Georgetown Law. Professional: Coordinator of Advancement, Honors College, 1974; BA, Bloomfield Personal: Married, three children. College, University of Maine, 2005-present; Special College, 1968; AA, Franconia Ted Koffman. Assistant for Presidential Events, University of Maine Photo courtesy of the candidate College, 1966. Alumni Association, 2004-present; Higher Education Paul LePage (incumbent) Personal: Married, four Professional Special Assistant to the President for Republican, Waterville Political: Elected governor children. Communications, University of Maine, 2004; Associate, in 2010; Mayor, City of Waterville, three terms, 2004- Political Funding: Traditional. Honors College, University of Maine, 2002-03. 2011; Waterville City Council, two terms; worked on 1. Economic growth. Maine’s quality of place, defined Education: BME, University of Maine; MEd, Harvard Governor McKernan’s Tax Reform task force, chairman by its traditional neighborhoods; attractive downtown dis- Graduate School of Education. of Mid-Maine homeless shelter for 12 years. Director tricts; scenic beauty; access to diverse recreational experi- Personal: Married. of Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce. Waterville Elks ences; and safe and friendly communities is another funda- Lodge member since 1972. Board chairman, United Way mental competitive advantage, drawing visitors and settlers of Mid-Maine. Member of National Rifle Association, Bruce Poliquin alike. Protecting and enhancing this brand will strengthen Heritage Foundation. Republican, Georgetown Maine’s tourism economy and attract entrepreneurs. Professional: General manager of Marden’s, 1996- Political: Treasurer, State of Maine, 2010-12; candidate, The vision presented by Maine Farmland Trust, aimed at 2010; consultant, LePage and Kasevich. United States Senate, 2012; candidate, Governor of Maine, making Maine the breadbasket of New England, will rein- Education: BS from Husson College. MBA from the 2010. vigorate agriculture in Maine, as well as farmers markets University of Maine. Professional: Principal, Avatar Investors Associates and Farm to School programs. Personal: Married, five children. Corporation, 1981-96; Evaluation Associates, Incorporated, Ted Ames’ inspiring research and the work of Penobscot 1978; Harris Trust and Savings Bank, 1976; private sector East [Resource Center, Stonington] suggests that a rebound Mike Michaud business owner/manager. in river herring populations could help rebuild coastal Education: ground fisheries, while providing bait for the lobster Democrat, E. Millinocket BA, Harvard University, 1976, economics. Personal: One son, former board member of Natural fishery. Maine communities, private landowners, and the Political: Representative, United States House of Resources Council of Maine. State could develop and implement a coordinated plan to Representatives, 2002-present; Senator, Maine State expand access to river herring spawning areas. Restoration Senate, 1995-2002; President Pro Tempore, Maine State of an Atlantic salmon recreational fishery would also boost Senate, 2002.
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