Camden, Rockport record steady turnout at the Nov. 2 polls; petitioners gather signatures for multiple petitions

Tue, 11/02/2021 - 2:45pm
The Camden polls were busy Nov. 2, at 2 p.m., as voters poured in to cast their ballots. The Public Safety Building was also filled with citizens representing various state and local initiatives. Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos, I-Friendship, was in Camden collecting signatures for an initiative to prevent foreign governments from donating to ballot measures. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Rockport’s polling station at the town office, Nov. 2, 2021.
Volunteers Dave Johnson and Ed Geis represent different citizens’ initiatives, and were collecting many signatures outside the polling place in Rockport.
Marlene Libby, Camden’s Assistant Finance Director, and Beth Ward, Camden’s Park and Recreation Director.
Petitioners were busy at the Camden polls Nov. 2.
In Camden, traffic was brisk at the polls where town staff members handled Election Day duties, helping Town Clerk Katrina Oakes (far right) with all the processes. From left to right: Elaine Davis, Kendall Espinoza and Liz Lowe.

    CAMDEN and ROCKPORT — By 2 p.m., Nov. 2, election wardens in Rockport and Camden have watched over hundreds of voters streaming to the polling places; in Camden, more than 900 had cast ballots already, and the parking lot beside the Camden Public Safety Building was full.

    Question 1 on the state ballot, concerning the CMP corridor, was likely the reason so many voters are turning out at the polls, election officials in both towns agreed.

    Camden’s warrant is extensive this November, and includes several significant questions. Rockport’s warrant, likewise, has at least one substantial warrant article concerning the future of the former RES parcel on West Street, and which will drive its future.

    Volunteers Dave Johnson and Ed Geis represent different citizens’ initiatives, and were collecting many signatures outside the polling place in Rockport.

    Johnson was collecting signatures for  the Pine Tree Power proposal, which would, in approved for the next statewide ballot, take electric grid out of the hands of corporations and put it in the hands of Maine people.

    Geis was collecting signatures for universal healthcare efforts.

    In Camden, Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos, I-Friendship, was in Camden collecting signatures for an initiative to prevent foreign governments from donating to ballot measures. 

    Additionally, there were representatives of the effort to gather signatures for the Pine Tree Power and health insurance initiatives, as well as collecting those collecting signatures for the Save the Dam initiative for the next Camden town meeting warrant.

     

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