The campaign of U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, just announced that he is postponing his Thursday trip to Waterville to talk about economic issues. No word yet on a new date.
Out in Jefferson on Saturday, several local legislative candidates tossed candy, shook hands, and waived from antique cars as they participated in the annual parade.
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap recently announced that his office has created a new Web page that makes it easier to vote absentee.
A national group called Women's Voices Women Vote is targeting 9,324 unmarried women in Maine as part of a nationwide voter registration drive.
The group says it has contacted Maine election officials to prepare them that they will be receiving more voter registrations as a result of the drive.
Democrats who live in House District 78, all of Sidney and part of Oakland, are invited to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 16 to choose their candidate for the House seat.
The nominating caucus will be held at Williams School, 55 Pleasant St., in Oakland.
Three of the four people who filed to run for Augusta
Anna D. Blodgett of Augusta is hoping fellow Democrats will choose her to run for the seat being vacated by Rep. Kim Silsby, D-Augusta.
Rep. Kim Silsby, D-Augusta, said she will not seek reelection to her Maine House of Representatives seat because she needs to spend more time with her family.
Really.
Herbert J. Hoffman, an unenrolled candidate for the U.S. Senate, filed 4,094 signatures with the state Thursday to get his name on the November ballot.
