John,

Even though we are all dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic, the amount of
fellowship and concern for our neighbors is so apparent in our State of
Maine. As a state where the economy is mostly run by small businesses
and employs the majority of people, and the largest private employers
are MaineHealth, Hannaford and Walmart, all I can say is we should be
proud.

I also feel that our top officials have done a great job with this
crisis and are working together well.

However, we still need to deal with RCV and the November elections which
will re-elect our President.

We are well over half-way to our goal of collecting the signatures
needed to stop RCV, thanks to our incredible team of volunteers. But the
path before us is more challenging than anticipated.

As you may know, many government deadlines have recently been changed.
However, there is one deadline which

**has not** been moved back:

**the deadline to repeal Ranked Choice Voting for Presidential
elections.**
Despite recent events, we must press ahead in our efforts to repeal
Ranked Choice Voting, which seeks to upend this year's Presidential
election.

The developing coronavirus situation caused the Legislature, led by Sara
Gideon and Troy Jackson, to adjourn a month early. Although this
decision may not have had anything to do with our effort, I am sure that
Speaker Gideon and President Jackson are not unhappy that

**we now must turn in our 63,000 signatures

**a full month earlier** than planned**.

Don't forget, adding presidential elections to Ranked Choice Voting
was Troy Jackson's bill, backed by liberal special interests, and the
focus of this people's veto and repeal effort.
We have to finish and get the remaining signatures we need

**and with your help we will.**

Your help collecting signatures has been incredible and humbling to me
personally, and I thank you.

**Our new plan takes us on the road, going to the voters and taking the
necessary precautions to get the thousands and thousands of signatures
we still need. This takes time and is much more expensive.**
**Help me meet this new challenge. Contribute here, now.**

As I wrote last week, this effort is a central, critical piece of our
mission for the entire 2020 election effort.

We are fighting the extreme, out-of-state special interests who will do
anything they can to keep Ranked Choice Voting in place for Maine's
presidential election this year.  They are happy that recent events
have made it harder to accomplish and that our deadline is now earlier.

We are on the clock!

President Trump has done a lot for Maine and we are grateful. But it is
up to us to stay focused on protecting Maine's Presidential elections
for 2020 and beyond.

Every dollar contributed will help us protect Maine's presidential
election from Ranked Choice Voting.

**Please contribute here, now.**

Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do. Stay safe and
stay healthy.
Sincerely,

Dr. Demi Kouzounas
Chair
Maine GOP
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