Massive_Fault9013 t1_j1xiar7 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 3:09 AM

Reply to comment by SplinterLips in Group opposed to Maine consumer-owned utility turns in signatures for a ballot question of its own by DrMcMeow

But 93,000 of our neighbors signed a petition to put it on our ballots. WTF? This kind of stuff just blows my mind.

Memag1255 t1_j1xqgfz wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:17 AM

simple, they lied to people.

N0mad87 t1_j1xqy81 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:21 AM

They 100% lied to people. They brought workers in fron out of State who had ZERO idea of what they were working on. Most of them were unaware of what/who CMP is and had no training or knowledge of the issue. A small group of them DID know and didn't care and if you shopped at Market Basket in Westbrook this summer you were likely to be aggresively pressured by them to sign the petition. Ethics complaints were filed to the Secretary of State, but legally they didn't break any laws except possibly trespassing. It's a fucked up abuse of Maine's ballot measure system. FUCK CMP/IBEIRDROLA

Substantial-Treat-99 t1_j1xvktj wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:03 AM

I signed it, because it seemed like a common sense issue that should be decided by voters. I had no fucking idea that it was funded by CMP, clearly to undermine another ballot question. This has to be some sort of ethics violation

andsendunits t1_j21vqy4 wrote on December 29, 2022 at 1:28 AM

I did not sign it because it was obvious to me that it was just a conservative plot to prevent progress.

Puff1012 t1_j1ykhrx wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:12 AM

You know how some people vote for a person simply based off what sign was in their neighbors front yard? Those are the people that signed this petition.

4rastapasta2 t1_j1z7hyz wrote on December 28, 2022 at 2:27 PM

People are pretty stupid and easily mislead. So much propaganda stating how the government will screw it up and we will all likely die poor as a result.

FredegarBolger910 t1_j1zbemb wrote on December 28, 2022 at 2:58 PM

All too easy to get signatures if you put money into canvassing for them

Laeek t1_j1yygm8 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 1:06 PM

Because it's not specifically a ballot initiative opposing a publicly owned utility. The actual wording would just require voters to approve any government debt over $1 billion.

Which I personally don't support but I can see the appeal of it. It's one thing to support the state taking over the electric grid, it's another thing to support a $13 billion bond measure to take over the electric grid.