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We have missed the deadline to qualify for ballot access this November, and since I don’t feel like going through the sloggery of running a write-in campaign, I am no longer running for Congress. I haven’t quite decided which thing to do next, but the rest of my summer will be spent on other projects,Continue reading “Campaign over, moving on to new projects”

Please inform me by tonight whether you are able to canvass at a parade. Plan to show up to your parade route 1 hour before it starts so you can talk to people as they arrive and are waiting rather than as they’re watching the festivities. I will provide all the materials you need: petitionContinue reading “Volunteer Information for Memorial Day Canvassing”

Here’s the current situation: At present I have 500 signatures in my possession, expect around 150 from current volunteers, and am able to personally collect 250 more if I work all weekend on just petitioning, bringing us to a grand total of around 900 out of 2,000 needed to get on the ballot. Collecting 100Continue reading “Where We Are and Volunteer Invitation”

I am still over 1,000 signatures short of ballot access. This weekend will be assisted by multiple volunteers, the newest of whom, Fairen, is both petitioning for me on Sunday AND teaching me how to use Instagram properly (or at least more properly than I have been) on top of being in an awesome localContinue reading “The Final Crunch Time”

The two most interesting topics of the day today (aside from healthcare and the general expense and toil of daily living in this age) were voting rights and ballot access. I collected another 45 or so signatures this evening after work (photo on break eating my pierogis for lunch) trying to get ahead of thisContinue reading “On Voting Rights and Ballot Access”

We are once again in the News! The Portland Press Herald ran an article about the signs you can sit on, in which everyone except me stubbornly refers to them as benches. But hey, just because it’s shaped like a giraffe and painted like a giraffe doesn’t make it not a sign! I was inContinue reading “In the News, canvassing and volunteering update, and a little bit on term limits”

There’s a lot to be said for proving something can be done by just doing it. For instance, I know it only takes a tiny amount of effort to keep a street relatively litter-free because I pick up trash when I’m out walking and my routes are sparkling because of it. I know people stillContinue reading “Being our Own Proof”

I’m starting this post by saying thank you to my father for collecting more than 80 signatures for me today, and to another old friend for signing up to collect a few more and possibly recruit some more friends into circulating! I am now in crunch time until the deadline on the 26th, and myContinue reading “The remaining road to ballot qualification”

I spent this morning in Mill Creek Park in South Portland painting a couple of signs we can sit on to place around town. They’ll have to be taken down in six weeks, but they’re a good example of the sort of helpfulness it’s possible to achieve with very little organizing, and I will organizeContinue reading “Signs we can sit on and Hi Fidelity Q&A today, American Legion tomorrow”

Hello Maine! I am once again back in-state and my goodness we look different than when I left last Friday. Happy Spring for real, and this time when I say it all our trees have leaves! I am as always incredibly excited to be in the running for your Representative to Congress. I’m honestly reallyContinue reading “Back in Maine, Down to Business”