MORNING SENTINEL • December 3, 2021
A dangerous loophole within our campaign finance law was recently exposed as a foreign government-owned corporation openly spent $24 million through a PAC to influence the outcome of a Maine referendum that was initiated by more than 80,000 Maine voters. That’s why Protect Maine Elections, a nonpartisan group with support from across the political spectrum, is currently in the field collecting signatures to qualify a referendum for the ballot to: Eliminate campaign spending by foreign governments in Maine elections; require media companies to disclose illegal spending by foreign governments; mandate disclosure by foreign governments on issue advertisements; and, reaffirm Maine’s support for an anti-corruption amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ~ Chris Cayer, Eustis