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portlander23

(2,078 posts) Wed Nov 4, 2015, 07:50 AM Nov 2015

$15 Minimum Wage fails at the ballot box in Portland, Maine

Question #1 called for a raise in the minimum wage to $15 per hour.The final results from yesterday's voting:

Yes: 42%
No: 58%

The measure had been promoted and put on the ballot by the Maine Green Party. I was one of the yes voters and I was very disappointed in the lack of support from the Democratic Party in Maine.

I'm sure this is not the last we'll hear of this.

Bernie Sanders is calling for a $15 minimum wage as part of his campaign and Fight for $15 will continue to push for this as a movement.

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$15 Minimum Wage fails at the ballot box in Portland, Maine (Original Post) portlander23 Nov 2015 OP

That's a bummer. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #1

Show what staying home instead of voting gets for you. nt kelliekat44 Nov 2015 #2

was there a "raise the minimum wage" statewide petition yesterday? magical thyme Nov 2015 #3

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. That's a bummer. nt

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Wed Nov 4, 2015, 08:07 AM

Nov 2015

kelliekat44

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2. Show what staying home instead of voting gets for you. nt

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Wed Nov 4, 2015, 08:09 AM

Nov 2015

magical thyme

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3. was there a "raise the minimum wage" statewide petition yesterday?

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Wed Nov 4, 2015, 08:09 AM

Nov 2015

I seem to remember doing something re: minimum wage yesterday. It didn't have a specific $$ amount. I remember the marajuana petition (I signed at the common ground fair) and a school one.

Very happy to see the "clean election," "senior housing" and "infrastructure" questions pass!

Especially "clean election" seeing as LeRage came out loudly against it

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