Maine Starts Voting on Marriage Equality in 34 Days

by Michael Jones · 2009-08-19 12:24:00 UTC
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No on 1 MaineMaine is a great state when it comes to voting rights.  Not only do they have same-day registration for voting, buy they also have early voting, which helps encourage voters to get engaged in elections.  This year, marriage equality is on the ballot in Maine, which means that in 34 days, people in Maine will start voting on whether gay and lesbian couples should be able to keep their rights to marriage.  With five weeks remaining until the first votes are cast, the intensity in Maine to preserve civil rights is at fever pitch.

Organizers with Maine's No on 1 campaign - the side working to preserve marriage equality - have made one thing clear: financial support for marriage equality now is three times more valuable than in the waning days of the campaign.  Donations are always helpful, of course, but maximum impact happens now, when early Get-Out-The-Vote efforts and advertising can still cast a wide net.

That's one reason why the opposition has already channeled hundreds of thousands of dollars into Maine to take away marriage rights for gays and lesbians.  They've got behemoth national organizations funneling money into the state like hotcakes.  Tens of thousands from Focus on the Family.  More than $150,000 from the National Organization for Marriage.  More than $2 million being pledge by the Catholic Church.

But we've got the grassroots support.  Earlier this week we wrote about the fierce urgency of Maine.  There's no time like the present to show your support for marriage equality in Maine, by helping out financially, or with your shoe leather and/or cell phone.

Let's make Maine what California wasn't last year: a reason to celebrate on Election Day.

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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