From CQPolitics:
....Even before the June 13 primary, there is another important deadline creeping up. By June 1, independent candidates hoping to get their names on the November ballot must each submit 4,000 signatures; the next day, those seeking public funding must turn in 2,500 checks of $5 made out to the Clean Elections fund.
Roughly a third of Maine’s independent-minded electorate is not affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic party. Maine also is one of the few states that has been prone to elect independent candidates as governor, choosing James B. Longley in 1974 and Angus King in 1994 and 1998.... [more]
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