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politicalwire.com - 11/4/2009
Maine Watch
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The first results from Maine are trickling in on the ballot question to repeal the state law allowing gay marriage.
Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage
nytimes.com - 11/4/2009
Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage
— nytimes.com — In a stinging setback for the national gay-rights movement, Maine voters narrowly decided to repeal the state’s... new law allowing same-sex marriage . With 87 percent of precincts reporting early this morning, 53 percent of voters had approved the ... (more) Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage
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Gay marriage repealed in Maine
bangordailynews.com - 11/4/2009
Gay marriage repealed in Maine
— bangordailynews.com — PORTLAND, Maine -- Voters on Tuesday repealed the state's same sex marriage law after an emotionally charged... campaign that drew large numbers to the polls and focused national attention on ... (more) Gay marriage repealed in Maine
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As Maine goes, so goes gay marriage
politico.com - 11/3/2009
As Maine goes, so goes gay marriage
— politico.com — By supporting Question One, voters could make Maine the latest in a string of states to reject... gay unions. (more) As Maine goes, so goes gay marriage
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Maine Election Results Thread
openleft.com 11/4/2009 — Update 5: FIRST NUMBERS IN: In Region 1 about 2K votes in and it's 51-49 Yes. Region 2 the numbers are looking about 60-40 N, as expected. In Regions 3 and 4 barely any numbers are in, and they're all tight. Update 4: Folks are asking me offline about Bangor Daily News and their accuracy- like ...
Question 1 - Early Results — Daily Kos
Early numbers from Maine : Let's hope this holds up and equality is preserved in Maine. For more discussion on Question 1, see Spud1's diary .
ME-Init: Still tied — Daily Kos
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/26-28. Likely voters. (9/14-16 results) As you may know, there will be one question on the ballot this November in Maine addressing the issue of same-sex unions. In part, it will read "Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry?" A ...
Gay marriage measure in dead heat in early returns in Maine — Top of the Ticket
    It looks like it’s going to be a long night in Maine, where results are just beginning to trickle in on the state referendum that would repeal a state law permitting same-sex marriage . So far, with about 28% of 605 precincts reporting, the results show a virtual dead heat. ...
Maine Gay Marriage Referendum: Results, Updates — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
*****CHECK BACK HERE TONIGHT FOR RESULTS***** Gay marriage was put to a vote in Maine on Tuesday in a closely watched referendum that gay-rights activists across the country hoped would prove that public opinion is turning in their favor. Turnout has been higher than expected. Voters had ...
Maine & Washington Results Indicate New Gay Leadership Needed — GayPatriot
I will wait to write a more comprehensive post on gay issues and the 2009 elections when we get final returns from Washington State where a measure to uphold the state’s Domestic Partnership program currently clings to a narrow lead. If that margin holds, the Evergreen State will be the ...
Good Morning, Campers. Here Are Last Night's Election Results. — Crooks and Liars
Let's start with Maine's No on 1 campaign. We lost. So sorry, Maine gays. You're still not quite human. The problem with gay-marriage referendums is, it's about civil rights. Civil rights exist because your legal status shouldn't depend on popular opinion. If we'd had referendums in 1964 about ...
Report Card on the Pollsters in the Off-Year Races — Politics Daily
So, how did the pollsters do in their final surveys before the key off-year races in predicting the results?   Permalink  |  Email this  |  Linking Blogs  |  Comments
Remember (the) Maine! -- By: NRO Staff — The Corner on National Review Online
Guilty confession: my favorite part of last night’s election coverage was watching Rachel Maddow’s demeanor go from exuberant, to smug, to infuriated over the results of the marriage referendum in Maine. And then she seemed to lose interest. It now appears highly likely that, when all the ...
Same Sex Marriage Rights Defeated In Maine — The Moderate Voice
A note of caution, I am not an expert on Maine politics and the way the results are being tallied make it a bit harder for me to analyze things. However with 76% of the vote counted the Yes vote is leading by a 52-48 margin which means that once again loving couples are denied basic human ...
Maine Results Crack — The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Get your actual voting tallies live here .
Republican McDonell wins Virginia governor — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Here we go. I'm sitting in a Holiday Inn room with Joe, his sister, and their friend John, waiting for election results from various parts of the city - they have their minions all over the place, calling in momentarily. Here is a results page for Maine .
Election Results Thread — Delaware Liberal
We’ll be watching the results and updating you here. VA polls close at 7 pm, Maine and NJ close at 8 pm and NY polls close at 9 pm. We could actually be in for a long election if the votes are close, because then we’ll have to wait for absentee and provisional [...]
The Odds In Maine — The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Nate Silver runs them : A statistical analysis I conducted last month, which was based on the results from previous gay marriage referenda in other states, gave the Yes on 1 side just an 11 percent chance of prevailing, although the fraction rises to 32 percent after an ad-hoc adjustment for ...
Defeat in Maine a harsh blow to gay-marriage drive (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - The stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage. They had Maine's governor, legislative leaders and major newspapers on their side, plus a huge edge in campaign funding. So losing a landmark referendum was a devastating blow, for ...