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Maine candidate turned down at Supreme Court

Boston Globe - Wed Aug 20, 7:12 pm EDT

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to intervene in independent U.S. Senate hopeful Herbert Hoffman's bid to get his name on Maine's ballot in November.

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Maine candidate Hoffman turned down at Supreme Court
The York Weekly - Wed Aug 20, 9:13 pm EDT
WASHINGTON and#8212; The Supreme Court has refused to intervene in independent U.S. Senate hopeful Herbert Hoffman's bid to get his name on Maine's ballot in November.
Ex-Mainer pleads not guilty to Bush, Obama threat
Boston Globe - Wed Aug 20, 4:43 pm EDT
A man formerly from Maine who authorities said kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear pleaded not guilty Wednesday to threatening to assassinate both President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Hoffman Rejected by Supreme Court
WABI Bangor - 4 minutes ago
The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in independent U.S. Senate hopeful Herbert Hoffman's bid to get his name on Maine's ballot in November...
Herbert Hoffman takes candidacy battle to U.S. Supreme Court
York County Coast Star - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
OGUNQUIT and#8212; Independent U.S. Senate candidate Herbert Hoffman is fighting to replace his name on the November ballot, filing a motion for a stay of a Maine Supreme Judicial Court decision that ruled his candidacy invalid July 28.
Souter probes Maine ballot access issue
SCOTUSblog - Mon Aug 18, 12:47 pm EDT
Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter has asked the state of Maine and the state Democratic Party chairman to supply their views on the right of an independent candidate for U.S. Senate to have his name on the??November election ballot.?? In an order issued Friday (found here), Souter — in his role as Circuit Justice [...]
UPDATE: Souter refuses to order ballot access
SCOTUSblog - Wed Aug 20, 4:47 pm EDT
UPDATE 5:10 p.m.?????? Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, in a brief order Wednesday afternoon, turned down a request that would have given an independent candidate in Maine for the U.S. Senate a place on the Nov. 4 ballot for that office.?? Souter acted without referring the stay application to his colleagues.?? There was no [...]
Letters to the Editor
MetroActive - Wed Aug 20, 4:50 pm EDT
Pay Up! Re "Independence 2.0" (Cover Story, Aug. 6): I agree with Lawrence Lessig that it's time to change the way we finance election campaigns. We only need to look at the successful systems of public campaign financing in Maine and Arizona to see that it is really possible.
UPDATE: State sees problem in ballot exclusion
SCOTUSblog - Tue Aug 19, 4:17 pm EDT
UPDATE 6:05 p.m. State officials in Maine told a Supreme Court Justice Tuesday that the state’s interests in running elections do not require “a sweeping remedy” that would have the effect of keeping an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate off the Nov. 4 election ballot.???? Lawyers in the state attorney general’s office, representing the??Secretary of [...]
Mainers will vote on repeal of drinks tax
Portsmouth Herald - Tue Aug 19, 6:15 am EDT
YORK, Maine and#8212; Local retailers of beer and wine said they were happy with a state decision that will bring the issue of a proposed beverage tax to the public for a vote.
From politics to philanthropy: Sally Ehrenfried
Charleston Regional Business Journal - Mon Aug 18, 4:42 pm EDT
When Sally Ehrenfried was in the fourth grade, she wrote a letter to presidential candidate Jimmy Carter. After Carter was elected, Ehrenfried received an invitation to his inauguration. Ehrenfried still has that invitation, a paper symbol of the start of her lifelong interest in public policy. The Maine native went on to earn a degree in political science from Bates College in her home state. ...