Maine campaign finance: law passes, fixing problem

June 11, 2009 -

For those following the Maine municipal campaign finance disclosure issue (poor souls), the story has a happy ending.

A bill that fixes the problem -- ensuring preservation of candidate disclosures and web access to them -- was signed into law by Governor John Baldacci this morning, according to his deputy chief of staff, David Farmer. "It's an important improvement in the retention policy for public records," Mr. Farmer said. "The maintenance of public records is very important for disclosure and for a historical perspective."

Read more at http://colinwoodard.blogspot.com/2009/06/maine-campaign-finance-law-passes.html


Senator Justin Alfond
134 Sheridan St
Portland, ME 04101

(207) 828-0277

Justin@JustinAlfond.com

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