LePage calls Maine election reform effort ‘a scam’
Source: Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday that Question 1, promoting statewide election reform, is “a scam” aimed at making the “wealthy wealthier and the poor people dumb.”
The proposal on the November ballot would boost Maine’s taxpayer-funded election system by increasing its two-year allocation from $4 million to $6 million, adding transparency requirements and increasing penalties for election law violations.
The Republican governor is a longtime opponent of the Maine Clean Election Act. He has called it “welfare for politicians,” tried to defund it and was a surprise guest at a State House news conference by Mainers Against Welfare for Politicians, a conservative group formed to oppose Question 1.
“This is the biggest scam on Maine people,” he said Wednesday. “This is truly, truly about … getting the wealthy wealthier and the poor people dumb.”
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