Our September 19 meeting featured two guest speakers. Executive Director, Democracy Maine and League of Women Voters of Maine, Anna Kellar shared a presentation on the November 5 Ballot Questions. Voter Protection and Access Director for the Maine Democratic Party, Will Hayward shared an Introduction to Voter Protection presentation. Get the slides and watch the ballot question presentation video here....

25 September, 2024 /

Our May meeting featured a legislative update by Sen. Cameron Reny and Reps. Holly Stover & Lydia Crafts; David Costello, candidate for U.S. Senate, introduced himself and his campaign; Lincoln County Probate Judge William Avantaggio announced his re-election bid and write-in candidacy for the June primary; and a brief introduction by newly announced candidates Wayne Farrin (HD47). Watch the video here....

31 May, 2024 /

This letter was submitted to local outlets and signed by our LCDC chair along with the chairs of the Democratic committees in Kennebec County, Chelsea, Dresden and Randolph. It responds to remarks made by State Rep. Michael Lemelin (HD 53) on April 10 linking recent tragic events which he attributed to God's punishment for Maine's abortion policies....

17 April, 2024 /

Our September meeting featured a legislative update from Sen. Cameron Reny and Reps. Lydia Crafts and Holly Stover and Lane Sturtevant from the League of Women Voters of Maine gave a primer on the Nov ballot questions 5-8. Committee Business included a platform update, financial report and other announcements. Read all about it here and watch the video....

02 October, 2023 /

Our June meeting featured a roundtable discussion about local Restorative Justice Practices with Drew Himmelstein of Restorative Justice Project Maine, District Attorney Natasha Irving, and Sheriff Todd Bracket, moderated by Barbara Cray. Committee Business included Outreach updates and announcements about LCDC and other local events. Read all about it here and watch the video....

13 July, 2023 /

The LCDC hybrid meeting on Thursday, April 27, welcomes Wynter Giddings and Savannah Sessions from the Maine Library Association and Karen Silverman from the Maine Association of School Libraries to talk about the rise censorship efforts and how to address them locally and statewide. Other LCDC committee business will include an update on the special election for Maine House District 45 and more...

17 April, 2023 /

Continuing on from last month's Legislative Advocacy 101 presentation, the March 23, 2023 meeting welcomed Will Hayward, advocacy program coordinator for the League of Women Voters Maine and Democracy Maine and Sen. Cameron Reny and Rep. Lydia Crafts who reviewed some of their priority legislation for this session. Committee Business included announcements about upcoming elections for State Party Committee positions and more. Read all about it here and watch the video....

30 March, 2023 /

The LCDC March Zoom meeting features State Sen. Cameron Reny (SD 13) and State Rep. Lydia Crafts (HD 46), who will provide updates on their priority bills and how people can get involved in helping to pass the legislation. The committee has also invited Will Hayward, advocacy program coordinator for the League of Women Voters of Maine and Democracy Maine who will share details about current voting rights and elections legislation, including the National Popular Vote Compact. ...

13 March, 2023 /

LCDC met on Feb 23, 2023. Our full agenda featured a Legislative Advocacy 101 presentation by Destie Hohman Sprague (she/her), executive director of the Maine Women’s Lobby, and Rep. Stover who shared some details on a few upcoming bills that she is sponsoring (video available). Committee Business included an update about a potential special election, a 2022 financial report, approval of appointments to the Executive Committee and more. Read all about it here and watch the video....

04 March, 2023 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on February 17, 2022 via Zoom. During the 2022 Campaign Kickoff, we met many of our candidates, explained the changes to the house districts, and talked about how our campaign volunteers can support candidates and work with the LCDC Campaign Team to keep Lincoln County blue! The video replay is available here along with some notes and links...

20 February, 2022 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on January 20, 2022 via Zoom. We received a Pine Tree Amendment Update from guest speakers Sen. Chloe Maxmin and local activists Andy Burt and Michelle Henkin. We were also introduced to two Democratic Candidates vying for the State Senate District 13 seat that Sen. Maxmin will be vacating. And, Chris shared a presentation about our Caucus 2022 replacement plans. The video replay is available here along with some notes and links...

21 January, 2022 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on July 15, 2021 via Zoom. During this meeting we received legislative, judicial and state party updates from: Senate Majority Leader Eloise Vitelli (SD 23), Sen. Chloe Maxmin (SD 13), Reps. Allison Hepler (HD 53), and Holly Stover (HD 89), District Attorney Natasha Irving (PD 6), and Gaetan Davis, the new executive director of the Maine Democratic Party. The video replay is available....

17 July, 2021 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on June 17, 2021. For Pride Month we welcomed Quinn Gormley, Executive Director of MaineTransNet to discuss the status of legislation that seeks to restrict the civil rights of transgender youth and adults and talk about ways allies can support their trans family, friends, and neighbors. Links to resources and a video replay is available....

18 June, 2021 /

The next LCDC meeting is on Thursday, June 20, 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Fire Station, 86 River Rd., Newcastle. This month’s agenda welcomes updates from two members of Governor Janet Mills’ administration with Lincoln County connections....

08 June, 2019 /

“Our Voice, Our Legislature” workshop series continues on Monday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Newcastle Fire Station, 86 River Road. The topic will be election reform, focusing on the proposed ranked-choice voting amendment to the Maine Constitution and joining the interstate National Popular Vote compact, as well as other proposed fair election and voting rights legislation....

12 April, 2019 /
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