House Democrats have put up a page with historical information, maps, and the entire Democratic Redistricing Plan Presentation here

The most interesting criterion established by the courts is that of "displacement", a concept satisfied by the Democratic plan in moving one town (4,300 people) and completely ignored by the Republican plan which displaces 360,000 people:
• Displacement – The districts should move as few communities into different districts as is practicably possible. (This was cited as a main objective of the Maine Supreme Court in 2003 and a criterion adopted by the 1993 Apportionment Commission)

If the information there stirs you to action here ar some ways to get involved:
• Tell the Legislature’s special redistricting commission not to accept the extreme Republican plan to radically redesign Maine’s Congressional districts.
• There is a public hearing on redistricting on Tuesday, August 23rd at 9:00am in the appropriations committee room (Room 228) in the State House. We are working very hard to get a good turnout at the hearing. If folks can make the hearing please email Marc Malon to let him know.

The Legislature enacted and Governor LePage signed into law LD1376 - which requires voters to register at least two business days before an election and sets the same deadline for absentee voting.

That law has put an end to same day voter registration.

The PEOPLE of Maine are determined to protect our voting rights through a People's Veto.

Here are some facts:
• There is no good reason for making voting more difficult
• 38 years ago Maine enacted same day voter registration with unanimous bipartisan support
• Maine has risen from being the 21st state in the nation for voter participation before same day voter registration to 3rd in the nation in 2008
• Elimination of same day voter registration will decrease voter participation in Maine
• Elimination of same day voter registration will disenfranchise tens of thousands of Maine voters
• Voting is your right. Everyone qualified to vote should be able to show up on election day, register, and be allowed to cast their ballot.

YOU CAN HELP SAVE SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION - Sign a petition near you. Be a petition circulator. Educate your friends and neighbors on the facts about same day voter registration.

 Join Our Email List - It's a good way to find out about meetings, events, issues, and things you can do to help make a difference.

Maine People's Alliance
• Maine People's Alliance: Known for their ability to do grassroots organizing and education, MPA focuses on leadership development to increase the number of citizen leaders prepared to work for positive social change. Many good links can be found here.

Maine Women's Lobby
• Maine Women's Lobby: Their goal is to increase economic, social, and political opportunities for women and girls through public policy and leadership development. They are following 400 bills! But their priorities center on issues that make for safe, healthy, and prosperous families: family-friendly workplace policies, livable wages, access to health care, ending discrimination, protecting women from violence.

League of Women Voters
• LWVME: Good list of bills that they are following related to elections, voter rights, and ethics.

Emerge Maine
• Emerge Maine: Emerge Maine is the premier training program for Democratic women.

Maine Equal Justice
• Maine Equal Justice: Maine Equal Justice Partners (MEJP), is dedicated to finding solutions to poverty and improving the lives of people with low income in Maine.

Equality Maine
• EqualityMaine: Working to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Maine since 1984.

Maine Center for Economic Policy
• MCEP: Advances nonpartisan economic policies through high-quality research, analysis, citizen education, and coalition building. Excellent information on tax policy, supports for low/moderate income families, livable wages, and sustainable development. Click on the 'Publications' or 'Position Statements' links at the top.

Grow Smart Maine
• Grow Smart Maine: Actively brings together Maine citizens, government, businesses, and nonprofit organizations to work for a more sustainable prosperity that supports both an improving standard of living and the protection of this state’s unique character, our quality of place. Their legislative priorities. The are monitoring a large number of bills.

Environmental Health Strategy Center
• Environmental Health Strategy Center: National leader in environmental health protection policies, based right here in Maine! Leader of the Kids Safe Products legislation that attracted so much attention this session. This link takes you to their program areas, which then have links to information about issues.

Maine Public Health Association
• MPHA: A major organization that advocates for disease prevention and health promotion policies in the statehouse. Doesn’t have a lobbyist per se but works through its many member organizations. Chief defender of the Fund for a Healthy Maine.

Consumers for Affordable Health Care
• CAHC: Good policy briefs on some elemental issues in Maine health insurance law, including out of state purchase.

Maine Bureau of Insurance
• Maine Bureau of Insurance: Good site for both technical and consumer-friendly information about insurance products in Maine: rate reviews and findings, policies, insurers, etc.

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
• MOFGA: Here’s their list of the bills they are following.

Natural Resources Council of Maine
• NRCM: A nonprofit organization for protecting, restoring, and conserving Maine's environment.

Maine League of Conservation Voters
• MLCV: The Maine League of Conservation Voters advances the protection of Maine’s environment by evaluating and endorsing candidates and holding elected officials accountable for decisions that affect the environment. A large coalition of environmentally-minded organizations that do a scorecard each year on legislative priorities they have been pursuing. Their agenda with more background links.

Maine Audubon Society
• Maine Audobon: Follows a number of wildlife and conservation issues in Augusta.

Maine AFL-CIO
• Maine AFL-CIO: Some information can be found here in support of working families.

Maine Republican Party
• Maine Republican Party

Lincoln County Republicans
• Lincoln County Republicans

Maine State Chamber of Commerce
• Maine State Chamber of Commerce: comprehensive list of bills they are following.

Maine Heritage Policy Center
• Maine Heritage Policy Center: Leading think tank for conservative viewpoints in Maine. Major contributor to LePage initiatives.

American Legislative Exchange Council
• American Legislative Exchange Council: Very conservative support organization for state legislators, has many pieces of model legislation. Where a lot of the conservative legislation that we are seeing in Augusta comes from.