Camden voters favor Vicki Doudera, Janet Mills, Ann Beebe-Center, as steady stream of voters cast ballots
Camden Town Clerk Katrina Oakes and Election Warden Peter Gross were managing the polls Nov. 8, and by 4 p.m., the number of ballots were running low, thanks to a substantial turnout of voters. (Photos by Lynda Clancy)
Volunteers of the Camden National Toboggan Championship annual event were at the polls to talk about the 2023 February event.
Local students participated in a Maine Youth Power, which initiated in 2020 as a youth voter turnout program and has since evolved into a rural youth power building movement across the state. Owen Reynolds, Sofia Well, Nico Benjamin, and Max Ergas had a table outside the polls in Camden, Nov. 8, encouraging people to text others to remind them to vote.
Camden’s Megunticook River Advisory Committee had an information table at the polls Nov. 8.
Senate District 12 Candidate Scott Rocknak and District 41 House Representative Vick Doudera, who is running for election to represent Camden and Rockport, were greeting voters outside the polls.
Save the Dam Waterfalls Committee members Roger Akeley and Joanne Simon were present at the polls to talk about their efforts to keep the Montgomery Dam intact at the head of Camden Harbor.
Supporters of a citizens’ initiative for calling for a Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program to be enacted in Maine were at the polls collecting signatures.
Camden Snow Bowl Assistant Director Holly Anderson hands out stickers to congratulate voters as they finished casting their ballots.
Election Warden Peter Gross and Town Manager Audra Caler, and her baby, have a word about the youngest generation.
Camden Town Clerk Katrina Oakes and Election Warden Peter Gross were managing the polls Nov. 8, and by 4 p.m., the number of ballots were running low, thanks to a substantial turnout of voters. (Photos by Lynda Clancy)
Volunteers of the Camden National Toboggan Championship annual event were at the polls to talk about the 2023 February event.
Local students participated in a Maine Youth Power, which initiated in 2020 as a youth voter turnout program and has since evolved into a rural youth power building movement across the state. Owen Reynolds, Sofia Well, Nico Benjamin, and Max Ergas had a table outside the polls in Camden, Nov. 8, encouraging people to text others to remind them to vote.
Camden’s Megunticook River Advisory Committee had an information table at the polls Nov. 8.
Senate District 12 Candidate Scott Rocknak and District 41 House Representative Vick Doudera, who is running for election to represent Camden and Rockport, were greeting voters outside the polls.
Save the Dam Waterfalls Committee members Roger Akeley and Joanne Simon were present at the polls to talk about their efforts to keep the Montgomery Dam intact at the head of Camden Harbor.
Supporters of a citizens’ initiative for calling for a Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program to be enacted in Maine were at the polls collecting signatures.
Camden Snow Bowl Assistant Director Holly Anderson hands out stickers to congratulate voters as they finished casting their ballots.
Election Warden Peter Gross and Town Manager Audra Caler, and her baby, have a word about the youngest generation.
CAMDEN — By 4 p.m., Nov. 8, approximately 1,300 registered voters had already passed through Camden Fire Station door to cast their ballots. With four hours remaining, and the after-work crowd rolling in, it had been, according to Camden Town Clerk Katrina Oakes and Election Warden Peter Gross, an extremely busy election.
By the time polls closed, 3,308 voters had either visited the polls in person, or filled out absentee ballots.
On Saturday, Nov. 6, approximately 1,300 absentee ballots had been processed by town staff, in advance of the Nov. 8 elections.
Camden’s ballots were, for change, fairly simple, with a state ballot presenting a variety of candidates, and a School Administrative District 28 warrant item.
The latter was to correct a typographical error contained on the June 2022 school budget ballot, that by law, required voters to weigh in again on the budget to correct the error.
On the state ballot before Camden voters, there were three uncontested races: Judge of Probate with Judith Emery as the sole candidate; Knox County Sheriff, with sole candidate Patrick Polky; and District 6 District Attorney, with Natasha Irving the only candidate.
What was drawing voters to the polls were:
Governor’s race between Independent Sam Hunkler, Republican Paul LePage and Democrat Janet Mills.
Results are:
Hunkler: 50
LePage: 631
Mills: 2,601
State Senate District 12 between Democrat Ann Beebe-Center and Republican Scott Rocknak.
Results are:
Beebe-Center: 2,441
Rocknak: 821
State Representative District 41 between Republican Susan Butterworth and Democrat Vicki Doudera
Results are:
Butterworth: 676
Doudera: 2,573
U.S. Congress race between Democrat Chellie Pingree and Republican Edwin Thelander.
Results are:
Pingree: 2,567
Thelander: 676
