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