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Please make sure to mail in that ballot ASAP if you haven't yet and keep on your friends & family all through today to vote. Call them, text them, email them, FB them, show up at their house, bang on their windows. Its too critical to sit this one out! Let's make sure we can call this an Approve 71 VICTORY PARTY!!!Yes, party! Join us Election Night at a party in your area. Here's the list. The Seattle party will be broadcast live starting at 8:00 PM. Video feed is below the fold, or you can watch here.
Results of mail ballots counted on election day will be posted at 8:15 pm over here.
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NOTICE: Pam has an event reminder up on the top left side of the front page regarding our CoverItLive coverage. Hope to chat with you all then! :)
Here we go!
Voting on Election Day
Where do I go to vote?
Every town and city has its own places where people vote. You can call your town office or city hall to find out where you vote, or use the online Voter Information Lookup service.
Voting places open between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., depending on the size of the town. Local officials can give you the exact opening time for your community. All polling places close at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
Can I have help voting?
Yes. If you need help reading or marking the ballot, you may ask a relative or friend for assistance. The helper does not have to be a voter or old enough to vote. An election official can also help you read or mark a ballot. However, your employer or union official cannot help you vote.
How do I locate and contact my municipal clerk?
You can find contact information for your town office or city hall on Maine.gov at http://www.maine.gov/local/.
You may also contact:
Office of the Secretary of State
Division of Elections
101 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0101
(207)624-7650
CEC.Elections@maine.gov
http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/e...Registering to Vote
Who can register and vote in Maine?
To register, you must be a United States citizen, at least 17 years of age, and live in Maine.
To vote in the November 3, 2009 General Election, you must be registered in the community where you reside, and be at least 18 years of age.
Where do I go to register?
You can register to vote at your town office or city hall, through any Motor Vehicle branch office, in most state & federal social service agencies, or at voter registration drives. Completed voter registration cards may be hand delivered or mailed to your town office or city hall, or sent to the Secretary of State's Office in Augusta.
Is there a deadline for registering?
No. It's never too late to register to vote in Maine. You can register to vote until, and including, Election Day. There is no cut-off date for registering to vote in person at your town office or city hall.
More photos and the story of these moose, LL Bean's latest exhibit, below the fold.
These moose were found dead in New Sweden ME, wh ME, which is way up near Houlton/Canadian border. I cannot imagine the work that was required to build this exhibit- even with the photos and narrative explaining how this was done, it's still an incredibly daunting project with beautiful results.
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Charlie and I heard about this amazing bit of taxidermy artistry awhile ago and decided that the image of 2 huge Maine bull moose, locked to the death, was a very strong image.
But the photos cannot do justice to the sheer SIZE of one of these creatures, let alone both together. This is a HUGE display!
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There was also this sign that Charlie saw and I missed:
If you compare the 2 sides of today's equality battle to this, the sign makes alot of sense!
Ever since the "Maine Won't Discriminate" law was passed in November 2005, there has been pushes to repeal it that failed to garner support. And frankly, SFMM has been, in many of their ads run during their campaign, shown that what they are fighting is not marriage per se, but acceptance of LGBTQ in our Maine communities.
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Attacking schools was especially nasty- what kind of message are they sending LGBTQ kids?
Yet they went there, time and again, desperate to find a way, ANY WAY, to win.
So- now here we are- Election Day. And hopefully in a matter of hours, we will know who won and not be deadlocked like these 2 moose!
Honest to god, it's hard to take Washingon State-based homobigot Rev. Ken Hutcherson seriously. This is a man who stood up and said he was going to take down Microsoft by buying shares and dumping them, "putting the fear of god" into the Redmond, WA software company for not hating on the gays.
The former NFL linebacker and full-time anti-gay activist has penned a column in -- irony alert here -- American Thinker -- that has to be read to be believed. He's tired of people picking on his pal, Oxy procurer and all-around fetid radio gasbag Rush Limbaugh for his Obama the Magic Negro and "Child" moniker for the President pro-American values.
I have watched the news, I have seen television, and I have heard different commentators talk about my friend, all the while knowing the things they say are lies. I am proud to be an American and proud of the United States of America, and again this makes it personal to me. I not only see Rush Limbaugh and the conservative movement in this action being att fefacked, but the entire foundation of what made America great.
Freedom is under attack, and we as Americans need to wake up and stop this madness in the greatest nation ever formed.
Let's talk about what seems to have happened to Rush Limbaugh. Here is a man who loves professional football almost as much as he loves Ameririca's traditions, values, and heritage of liberty. Rush has dedicated his life to the study of both football and America. He understands America and superbly communicates his understanding with millions every weekday. He understands the game of football, and has influenced it positively by being its biggest fan. Yet Rush has suffered attempts to destroy him with lies, misunderstandings and a direct effort to eliminate his influence in America...over the pretext of what? A game?
Hutch goes on to make an insane, but passionate case for honoring slavery and the masterful white men who arrived on this continent's shores and how their whips and subjugation of red, yellow, brown and black people in various ways hard work built this country. So damn unappreciated, says the reverend.
I truly believe that this is brought on by what I call the Minority Thought Pattern. Let's not mince words: the Minority Thought Pattern is the total disdain and hatred of what God has accomplished through the white male throughout history. Coming from an African-American, I know this will shock you.
I am not minimizing the accomplishments of women, African-Americans, immigrants, the religious, or anyone else who is part of America. But the white male was here on Plymouth Rock for God to use, and the Pilgrims had a great belief in that God. The nation built out of their efforts, reflecting their values (most especially their religious values), has become the light of liberty for the world and an obstacle to those power-hungry individuals who hate it.
WT ever-loving F? I'm not minimizing the accomplishments of these minorities, but I'll just go ahead now and do it. I think what we are seeing here is the Minority Lawn Jockey Thought Pattern, suffered from too much exposure to white evangelicals who prey on misguided, God-fearing black pastors from Washington State who sees them as his masters.
This is extremely personal to me. It's about a friend. When I look at Rush, I don't see a white man; I see a friend. I don't see a talk show host (a very famous talk show host); I see a friend, and friendship overrides color and political stances. I don't see a controversial figure, but a man whose heart and thoughts I know, and a man who is not a racist.
Screech....What? Barack The Magic Negro wasn't racist? How about this:
LIMBAUGH: As the economy performs worse than expected, the deficit for the 2010 budget year beginning in October will worsen by $87 billion to $1.3 trillion. The deterioration reflects lower tax revenues and higher costs for bank failures, unemployment benefits and food stamps. But in the Oval Office of the White House none of this is a problem. This is the objective. The objective is unemployment. The objective is more food stamp benefits. The objective is more unemployment benefits. The objective is an expanding welfare state. And the objective is to take the nation's wealth and return to it to the nation's quote, "rightful owners." Think reparations. Think forced reparations here if you want to understand what actually is going on.
What about his call to resegregate school buses? Or this one:
On the January 24 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Rush Limbaugh referred to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and actress Halle Berry as "Halfrican American[s]," stating that "Barack Obama has picked up another endorsement: Halfrican American actress Halle Berry." Limbaugh then said: " 'As a Halfrican American, I am honored to have Ms. Berry's support, as well as the support of other Halfrican Americans,' Obama said." Limbaugh then conceded that Obama "didn't say it."
One more for the road:
When the reality show Survivor split competing groups by race/ethnicity, Limbaugh commented that the contest was "not going to be fair if there's a lot of water events" and suggested that "blacks can't swim."
I guess the good Rev. only watches Faux News and doesn't read up outside his boundaries. Psst, Hutch -- Rush is a race baiter. Hope you sleep soundly at night and dream about your BFF's open arms to the negroes.
Everyone has their price. The question is, was Rev. Hutch obtained during a find-an-anti-gay-black pastor fire sale?
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