John,

I write to give you a quick, positive update and ask for your help today as our state continues to suffer under the ‘stay at home’ order.

First: Positive Update.

Our amazing volunteers have continued to send in petition sheets full of notarized and certified signatures to Repeal RCV. The virus may have slowed our operation down, but it has not stopped us.

We are closing in on our end of April goal right now and putting a plan in place to finish up collecting signatures in May - whether we can continue collecting signatures through traditional methods or alternatives we will put in place.

Thank you to those of you who have volunteered your time and energy to help us in this effort. Again, you are AMAZING and virtually every day we are inspired by the signatures that keep coming in.

Second: What you can do to Help.

If you have notarized and certified petition sheets that are ready to submit, please send them to us at as soon as possible to this address:

Maine GOP
9 Higgins Street
Augusta, ME 04330

We will gladly send you a couple more blank sheets to continue collecting once this stay at home period has been lifted.

If you have petition sheets that are not notarized and certified, hold on to them for now, but please send Ben Hincher a quick email ( [email protected] ) telling him how many signatures you have and where, so we can log it in on our petition tracker.

By helping us collect all this information on where we have signatures you are helping us fine tune our plans for finishing up our work. We have lost time, but we are ready to finish the job, one way or another. A key piece of this is also knowing where we can find the most productive regions to focus on in May.

Thank you for all that you do, and for your support as we continue to work through this challenging time. We are keeping you all in our prayers.

Please stay safe and healthy and God bless you.

Sincerely,
Dr. Demi Kouzounas
Chair, Maine GOP