Background
The Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM at
📍 State House, Room 437, Augusta, to discuss LD 252 "An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact" and LD 1373 "An Act to Repeal the National Popular Vote Compact.”
If you want to read LD 252, click here: https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/display_ps.asp?snum=132&paper=HP0161&PID=1456
If you want to read LD 1373, click here: https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/display_ps.asp?snum=132&paper=HP0896&PID=1456
In lieu of personally testifying in support of this bill, you may testify via Zoom, or by online testimony using the following link: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/. Do this prior to the public hearing.
See below for EVERYTHING you're going to need to get this done, including testimony!
🔹 Steps to submit testimony online:
1️⃣ Click: "Public Hearing".
2️⃣ Choose a committee: "Veterans and Legal Affairs" - using the drop-down menu.
3️⃣ Choose date: April 14, 2025, 10:00 AM - using the drop-down menu.
4️⃣ Click: LD 252 (both bills are being heard at the same time, you only need to submit once, but feel free to submit to both)
5️⃣ Enter your testimony in the box (or click the checkbox if you want to testify via Zoom).
6️⃣ Complete your contact information.
7️⃣ Click: "I'm not a robot"
8️⃣ Click: "Submit/Register".
You can find a video tutorial on 'Submitting Testimony in Maine" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYnhN4ZlpoQ
Action Time-Window
⚠️ Please consider taking action by April 12, 2025 to ensure it gets to the legislature ahead of the meeting.
Template
The below is a community member's testimony. Feel free to use it, something of your own, or something as simple as as "I support LD 252 and LD 1373, and "they ought to pass." To get other wording ideas, as online testimony is submitted for this bill, you can see it here:https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/VLA/04-14-2025?panel=0&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2 after clicking on the bill number.
I support LD 252 “An Act to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Compact” and LD 1373 “An Act to Repeal the National Popular Vote Compact.”
Maine has the unique distinction, along with Nebraska, of splitting our four electoral votes during a Presidential election. Two for the state popular vote winner, and one electoral vote each for the popular vote winner in CD 1 and CD 2. I see there is legislation pending to take that away (i.e. LD 1356). Further proof that the current legislature is trying to silence us.
Maine has had a fair and equitable system of distributing our four electoral votes since 1972. This system allows our vastly rural state to have a say in the Presidential election.
This National Popular Vote compact dilutes our state’s say in determining a President, as larger urban population centers will determine a President, and our four electoral votes will be cast accordingly.
We Mainers lose our voice.
I support LD 252 and LD 1373 and they “ought to pass.”
Credit for the above goes to our community member Danny (@DannyEmerson61) from the South Berwick Republican Committee (@BerwickSouth).
Disclaimer
A community member has shared this personal template for those who wish to express their views on the bill(s) mentioned above. This template is not an official PTP position, and using it is entirely up to you. Pine Tree Patriots encourages civic participation but does not endorse or support specific actions or policies. Please remember this is an individual initiative.
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