Indivisible Bangor

Author: George Lincoln

  • One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism – Part 2 on July 30!

    One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism – Part 2 on July 30!

    Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and full-scale attacks on our democracy. We don’t have to wait until it’s too late. We can stop this. But it’ll take all of us—not just on single days of mass action, but through sustained organizing in our communities.

    That’s why this summer, we’re launching One Million Rising—a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people power that can’t be ignored. You’re invited to join us—and lead. 

    Let’s build a force bigger than fear and louder than hate. Let’s get ready. Let’s get organized. Let’s stop Trump.

    Visit the Mobilize.us site for more information and to sign up!

    One Million Rising on Mobilize.us

    Session 1: The Moment & Your Mission – July 16, 8:00pm–9:30pm
    Get oriented to making meaning of this moment and the role you can play in coordinated strategic action. (View recording HERE!)

    Session 2: How to Make it Happen – July 30, 8:00pm–9:30pm 
    This train-the-trainer session is how we get to one million. Learn not just our strategy, but how you can train others and get them on board. You’ll host your first community resistance gathering after this session.

    Session 3: What Now? – August 13, 8:00pm–9:30pm 
    You’ll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign work. Your second community resistance gathering will move this action forward.

    Sign up for all 3 sessions to get the most out of this experience. Watch it live with a friend in person, and get ready now to host your own community resistance gatherings after the second and third sessions. This is how we get to 1 million!

  • COMMUNITY RALLY – Friday 7/18

    COMMUNITY RALLY – Friday 7/18

    STOP THE LANDFILL EXPANSION!

    PROTECT THE PENOBSCOT RIVER!

    Friday, July 18th, 2025 :   Hearing at Penobscot Superior Court in Bangor for Penobscot Nation  v.  Maine Department of Environmental Protection at 1:00 pm

    Rally for Environmental Justice and the River and in Opposition to Juniper Ridge Landfill Expansion at 12 Noon, before the hearing.

    Location- Penobscot County Superior Court located at 78 Exchange Street in Bangor.  The hearing is open to the public. Attendees are asked not to wear shorts.

    PLEASE WEAR BLUE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

    For more information, please visit Sunlight Media Collective, and view their short film on Vimeo.

    Visit this Maine Morning Star article for more background.

  • Good Trouble Lives On: Thursday, 7/17

    Good Trouble Lives On: Thursday, 7/17

    Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of action to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. Together, we’ll remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.

    Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, “Good Trouble” is the action of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change.

    The civil rights leaders of the past have shown us the power of collective action. That’s why on July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, voting rights, and dignity for all.

    Join us for the Bangor Event!

    Time

    Thursday, July 17

    5 – 7pm EDT

    Location

    Stillwater Avenue

    Sidewalk between Chick-fil-a and Washville Bangor, ME 04401

    Bring signs!!! Bring your VOICE!

    Map

    A core principle behind all Good Trouble Lives On events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.

  • Indivisible’s Weekly To Do List – July 14th

    Indivisible’s Weekly To Do List – July 14th

    1. Prepare to march this Thursday at a Good Trouble Lives On Day of Action near you. Each day brings new attacks on our rights as the Trump regime chips away at our democracy. But in the tradition of the late John Lewis, Americans across the country will rise up this Thursday in a mass, nonviolent demonstration for freedom and justice. 
    2. Learn the tools of strategic non-cooperation to fight authoritarianism at our One Million Rising training series beginning this Wednesday. There’s no escaping it; Trump and his enablers are becoming bolder and our slide toward authoritarianism is accelerating. With institutions failing to meet the challenge, it falls to us — the pro-democracy majority — to defeat fascism. Join this training to help lead the fight within your networks and pass on these skills to others. 
    3. Contact state and local Dems to demand action against masked ICE abductions. If you live in a blue city or state with a Democratic trifecta, your Democratic governor, mayor, and lawmakers have the power to stop secret police tactics like abductions by masked ICE agents. Our Blue State Defiance toolkit helps identify who to contact and what to call for.
    4. Join our “Fight Back with Friends” training on Tuesday, July 22 for new tools to help get your friends and family off the sidelines! We all know someone who wants to join our fight but isn’t sure where to start; Fight Back with Friends is a new program designed to break down that barrier. Each call details ways to get your friends involved in specific, impactful tactics to defend our rights, our safety, and our democracy. Tuesday’s will focus on our upcoming One Million Rising campaign (more info below). 
    5. Join our “What’s the Plan?” call on Thursday as Indivisible’s cofounders break down the latest news and take questions from the movement. Every Thursday at 3pm ET (12pm PT), Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin go live to take questions from Indivisible activists. This week they’ll be joined by a special guest — Professor Erica Chenoweth (the scholar behind the 3.5% rule) — to dig into the strategic logic of our One Million Rising campaign (more info below). 
    6. Check out Truth Brigade tools for pushing back on the regime’s efforts to silence dissent. Americans care deeply about free speech, so enemies of the First Amendment have to justify their attacks on constitutionally-protected speech with lies and fearmongering. This month, our disinformation-fighting Truth Brigade team has some expertly-crafted messaging you can share to help expose these authoritarian tactics.
  • Action Wednesday, July 16th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    Action Wednesday, July 16th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

    Hi Folks, 

    Good morning everyone, Susan Collins voted against moving the Rescission Bill forward last night. A short article on her statements is here . The GOP won the vote with a tiebreaker from Vance.

    Pressure works. If you didn’t manage to do this yesterday, call Collins TODAY, thank her for her no vote and ask her to continue opposing Trump’s request H.R. 4 to cut already awarded funds to PBS, clean technology, foreign aid, global health, international peace keeping. Ask her to submit amendments to restore funding for these initiatives, particularly the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Global Health initiatives.  These are funds that have already been granted, which the GOP is trying to take away!!!

    Join the Indivisible One Million Rising training today in how to fight authoritarianism by registering below.

    Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

    TODAY’S ACTION (s)

    • Prepare to join “Good Trouble” Actions throughout Maine TOMORROW Thursday, July 17th:  Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day! Here is a map of where events are taking place tomorrow.
    • Join Indivisible today for their One Million Rising Training: Go here to register for this training that will be happening today. Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism and more – see details in attachment below. 
    • Contact Collins  to thank her for OPPOSING H.R. 4, the Rescission Package to cut funding that Congress has already awarded: Ask her to keep voting no on this bill and to bring 2 colleagues on board with her. This request will defund PBS, Foreign Aid, Global Health, International Peacekeeping, etc. For more details go to 5calls.org. The Senate has until midnight on Friday to bring the rescissions bill up for consideration or else it loses its privileged status under a 1974 budget law and would be subject to normal filibuster rules.
    •                                                             From Last Week
    • Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort. Go to Indivisible’s Blue State Defiance Toolkit to take action.
    • If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
    • Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can. Indivisible Attachment Below has a toolkit for this.

    Statewide Actions This Week:

    • Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them to put in a bill to ensure proper identification of ICE agents acting in Maine. Lawmakers in California have introduced legislation requiring the identity and affiliation of ICE agents to be displayed while interacting with the public.
    • Indivisible Actions – Register Here
    • Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta Tomorrow July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day check their calendar out! Here is a map of where events will take place.
    • Join the Maine League of Women Voters in opposing the GOP voter suppression referendum this fall. They will be canvassing in Brunswick and Portland this Saturday, July 19th. There will be coffee, donuts, and door knocking training. Register here. 
    • Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).

    Angus King             
    DC: (202) 224-5344
    Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

    Susan Collins         
    DC: (202) 224-2523 
    Augusta: (207) 622-8414
    Bangor: (207) 945-0417

    Chellie Pingree      
    DC: (202) 225-6116
    Portland: (207) 774-5019  
    Waterville: (207) 873-5713  

    Jared Golden         
    DC: (202) 225-6306 
    Bangor: (207) 249-7400
    Caribou: (207) 492-6009 
    Lewiston: (207) 241-6767

    Find your State Representative: Here – (by name), By District: Here,

    LOCAL ACTIONS: Join Mid Maine Indivisible (Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. 

    Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English? To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. 

    Thursday, July 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

    Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at Mobilize. 

    On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, in honor of John Lewis, will have a SILENT/Quiet sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending around the corner to 

    Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as Capitol Street, left on Capitol, and then left  through the State House Parking Lot back to State Street. 

    Dress with some blue in your clothing.

    Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-Somerset Stands Up Rallies-Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.

    Sunday, July 20th: at 1:00 (and every Sunday): Stand with us against Trump/Stephen Miller; For Peace in the Middle East, For Ukraine, Stop the War in Iran, etc. on the Bridge by CVS in Waterville.

    Tuesday, July 22nd: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville    around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

    Wednesday, July 23d: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville, Maine. Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center. Please join us in assuring all Mainers have access to safe, legal, shame-free reproductive health care including abortions and contraceptive care. For more info please contact Elayne Richard  at recordconnection@gmail.com. 

    MORE ACTIONS

    *If you haven’t yet, write your letter to Governor Mills thanking her for her stand against Trump, and asking her to run against Collins. SHE IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! Hand written if possible.  Mail to: State House Station 1, Augusta, Maine, 04333. 

    *If you would like to join Maine People’s Alliance Federal Lobby Group, please contact Jim Parakilas at jamesparakilas@gmail.com. We meet Mondays at 2 pm. Consider joining the MPA for trainings in June and July on resistance strategy, lobbying, and other areas. Contact Jim on this.

    With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere! 

    As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 

    -Mid Maine Indivisible

    “The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders…tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.” ~ Hermann Goering (Nazi Mastermind)

  • Weekly Orono Vigil- Wednesdays at Noon

    Weekly Orono Vigil- Wednesdays at Noon

    Come join us for our weekly protest on the corner of Main Street and Bennoch in Orono.  Drop in anytime between 12 pm and 1 pm.  Bring signs!  Bring flags!

    THEME OF THE WEEK:

    “LAW, NOT LIES!!”

    OR

    WHICHEVER ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY OUTRAGES YOU MOST THIS WEEK!

    Donations of nonperishables or cash for local food cupboards are gratefully accepted each week!

    Hosted by M.D.F. Knitters and Orono Democrats

  • NYT: ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds

    NYT: ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds

    After the passage of President Trump’s domestic policy law, the Department of Homeland Security is poised to hire thousands of new immigration agents and double detention space.

    Zolan Kanno-Youngs
    Hamed Aleaziz

    By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz

    Reporting from Washington

    • Published July 12, 2025 Updated July 13, 2025

    Thousands of new deportation agents deployed into American cities. A doubling of detention space to hold tens of thousands of immigrants before they are expelled. Miles of new border wall, along with surveillance towers equipped with artificial intelligence.

    That is the expansive plan that President Trump’s top immigration officials now intend to enact after months of struggling to overcome staffing shortages and logistical hurdles that have stymied his pledge to record the most deportations in American history.

    After weeks of pressuring members of Congress into supporting his signature domestic policy legislation, Mr. Trump has secured an extraordinary injection of funding for his immigration agenda — $170 billion, the vast majority of which will go to the Department of Homeland Security over four years.

    The annual budget of Immigration and Customs Enforcement alone will spike from about $8 billion to roughly $28 billion, making it the highest funded law enforcement agency in the federal government.

    Read more here with this Gift Article
  • Action Tuesday July 15th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    Action Tuesday July 15th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

    Hi Folks, 

    Good morning everyone, if you didn’t manage to do this yesterday, call our Senators TODAY and ask them to oppose Trump’s request H.R. 4 to cut already awarded funds to PBS, clean technology, foreign aid, global health, international peace keeping etc. through a process called Rescission. (A vote on this is likely today or tomorrow in the Senate.)

    Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

    TODAY’S ACTION (s)

    • Prepare to join “Good Trouble” Actions throughout Maine on Thursday, July 17th:  Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
    • Contact our Senators to ask them to OPPOSE H.R. 4, a Rescission Package to cut funding that Congress has already awarded: This request will defund PBS, Foreign Aid, Global Health, International Peacekeeping, etc. For more detail go to 5calls.org and/or read Abbie Mcmillen’s post attached below. The Senate has until midnight on Friday to bring the rescissions bill up for consideration or else it loses its privileged status under a 1974 budget law and would be subject to normal filibuster rules.
    • Indivisible has a number of trainings you can sign up for: Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism – join their one million rising trainings, and more – see details in attachment below. Sign up for them here.
    •                                                             From Last Week
    • Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort. Go to Indivisible’s Blue State Defiance Toolkit to take action.
    • Contact our Congress People to Oppose HR 875: The National Immigration Law Center suggests these talking points to oppose the bill. This bill would allow ICE to go through all arrests for DUI nationally and deport immigrants for previous violations. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that seeking punishment above treatment doesn’t work. The science and morality say this bill is wrong on the face of it; another way to terrorize  immigrant communities in Maine and throughout our country.
    • If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
    • Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can. Indivisible Attachment Below has a toolkit for this.

    Statewide Actions This Week:

    • Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them to put in a bill to ensure proper identification of ICE agents acting in Maine. Lawmakers in California have introduced legislation requiring the identity and affiliation of ICE agents to be displayed while interacting with the public.
    • Indivisible Actions – Register Here
    • Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta on July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
    • Be prepared for an August session of the legislature to deal with a predicted 190 million dollar shortfall in the Budget. This could also be a time to push Mills to sign LD 1971.
    • Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).

    Angus King             
     DC: (202) 224-5344
    Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

    Susan Collins         
    DC: (202) 224-2523
    Augusta: (207) 622-8414
    Bangor: (207) 945-0417

    Chellie Pingree      
    DC: (202) 225-6116
    Portland: (207) 774-5019 
    Waterville: (207) 873-5713  

    Jared Golden         
    DC: (202) 225-6306
    Bangor: (207) 249-7400
    Caribou: (207) 492-6009 
    Lewiston: (207) 241-6767

    Find Your State Senator: Here

    Find your State Representative: Here – (by name), By District: Here,

    LOCAL ACTIONS: Join Mid Maine Indivisible (Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area.  To sign up: go here. 

    Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English? To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey. 

    Tuesday, July 15th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville    around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

    Wednesday, July 16th: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville, Maine. Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center. Please join us in assuring all Mainers have access to safe, legal, shame-free reproductive health care including abortions and contraceptive care. For more info please contact Elayne Richard  at recordconnection@gmail.com. 

    Thursday, July 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

    Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at Mobilize. 

    On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, in honor of John Lewis, will have a SILENT/Quiet sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending around the corner to Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as Capitol Street, left on Capitol, and then left  through the State House Parking Lot back to State Street. 

    Dress with some blue in your clothing.

    Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-Somerset Stands Up Rallies-Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.

    Sunday, July 20th: at 1:00 (and every Sunday): Stand with us against Trump/Stephen Miller; For Peace in the Middle East, For Ukraine, Stop the War in Iran, etc. on the Bridge by CVS in Waterville.

    MORE ACTIONS

    *If you haven’t yet, write your letter to Governor Mills thanking her for her stand against Trump, and asking her to run against Collins. SHE IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! Hand written if possible.  Mail to: State House Station 1, Augusta, Maine, 04333. 

    *If you would like to join Maine People’s Alliance Federal Lobby Group, please contact Jim Parakilas at jamesparakilas@gmail.com. We meet Mondays at 2 pm. Consider joining the MPA for trainings in June and July on resistance strategy, lobbying, and other areas. Contact Jim on this.

    With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere! 

    As always, throw a little sand in their gears! 

    -Mid Maine Indivisible

    We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr.  He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the rule of law, a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas.  We’ve come a long way, but we still have a distance to go before all of our citizens embrace the idea of a truly interracial democracy, what I like to call the Beloved Community, a nation at peace with itself.  John Lewis

  • Action 151 Stop the Recission

    Action 151 Stop the Recission

    From our friends at Hancock County Democrats:

    Background:  Rescissions are a special budgetary procedure, initiated by a request from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, that essentially cancels funds previously approved by Congress. This rescissions package requested by the Trump administration aims to codify DOGE’s cuts to public broadcasting, global health programs, and foreign aid funds totaling $9.4 billion. These cuts include:

    ●$1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which disburses funds to NPR and PBS, two media organizations commonly targeted by Trump for being “radical, woke propaganda.”

    ●$1.25 billion in funding to the Clean Technology Fund, which supports the development of low-carbon technologies in middle-income and developing countries.

    ●$900 million in funding to global health programs like the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has been credited for saving millions of lives around the world.

    ●$200 million in contributions to international organizations like USAID. According to a UCLA analysis, USAID cuts may lead to more than 14 million deaths globally, including 4.5 million children under 5 by 2030.

    ●Billions more in U.S. foreign aid for international disasters, migration and refugee assistance, democracy, international peacekeeping, and economic development programs. These critical, life-saving programs for millions around the globe must be preserved.

    Action: The Trump administration’s rescission package, H.R. 4, has passed in the House and now awaits a vote in the Senate where it will only need 50 votes to pass. Susan Collins is on the fence in voting to stop the Rescission Package.  Her vote will be critical.  As Chair of the Appropriations Committee, she spent time researching and approving these funds. It’s why we elected her. Why would she negate all her work and all our trust in her? Demand that Susan Collins refuse the Trump administration’s request to claw back these congressionally approved funds to codify ill-conceived DOGE cuts.   Call Senator Susan Collins and urge her to oppose H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025.  She has 6 offices – you and friends/family can call them all, one per day, starting now.

    Contact: Senator Susan Collins: Email: www.collins.senate.gov/contact/email-senator-collins/form

                (207) 622-8414 (Augusta office) 
                (207) 945-0417 (Bangor office)

                (207) 493-7873 (Caribou office)
                (207) 784-6969 (Lewiston office)
                (207) 618-5560 (Portland office)

                (202) 224-2523 (Washington DC office)

    Urgency: H.R. 4 must pass both chambers by July 18th (Friday); if it fails, Trump cannot request these same rescissions again.  Call every day this week. 

  • Save Maine Absentee Voting Coalition

    Save Maine Absentee Voting Coalition

    Fair, secure, and accessible elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But a referendum question coming to Maine voters in November 2025 takes aim at Maine’s safe and secure voting system, including absentee voting. This referendum would make it harder for people across the state to vote – especially seniors, Mainers with a disability, and Mainers without reliable transportation.

    Click here to visit Save Maine Absentee Voting

    In 2024, a citizen’s initiative campaign known as “Voter ID for ME,” collected signatures for regressive and restrictive changes to Maine’s voting laws. The Secretary of State’s office has since certified enough of those signatures, and the referendum question is now poised to be on the ballot on Election Day in November 2025. You can read the full draft proposal here.

    Your vote matters. Help us to protect Maine’s strong voting tradition and Save Maine Absentee Voting.