PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 4, 2023
In the last two years, over $90 million has been spent by foreign corporations to influence Mainers in referendum campaigns. Opponents of Question 2 claim that corporations have this right because it’s free speech. Mainers are fighting back. The Legislature passed L.D. 1610, An Act to Prohibit Campaign Spending by Foreign Governments, with bipartisan support. That bill targeted companies under foreign government control, not U.S.-owned companies. Gov. Mills vetoed it. It’s now Question 2 on the November ballot. Vote “yes” on Question 2 on Nov. 7. Vote “yes” on 3 to support Pine Tree Power. ~ Rachel Herbener, Belfast