Pressure mounting for GOP caucus reconsideration
Submitted by Maeve on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 14:54From Bangor ME Daily ~
AUGUSTA, Maine — Pressure is on the Maine Republican Party to reconsider its weekend declaration that Mitt Romney won the state’s caucuses.
The Maine GOP announced Saturday that Romney narrowly edged Ron Paul, 39 percent to 36 percent, in a nonbinding presidential preference poll taken during the caucuses. The margin was fewer than 200 votes.
A number of communities were not included in that poll because they had not held their caucuses in time. Washington County Republicans postponed their caucuses, originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, because of a pending snowstorm and will now meet this Saturday. Other communities across the states also have caucuses scheduled for this weekend and later this month. . . .
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Sen. Raye: Washington County Straw Poll Votes Must Count
source: http://www.asmainegoes.com/content/sen-raye-washington-count...
Sen. Raye: Washington County Straw Poll Votes Must Count
Mon, 02/13/2012 - 11:07am (new)
Posted by thistle
Discovered on Maine Senate Candidates Facebook Page
Note from Senate President Kevin L. Raye (R-Perry) on the Straw Poll Vote
Maine Republican Candidates
Kevin Raye: Martin, I agree 100% that our votes in Washington County must count just as much as votes cast anywhere else. Regardless of which candidate anyone supports, we should all agree on that.
I spoke with Chairman Webster last night to express my strong view that our votes must count and to make the point that they certainly will count in the court of public opinion and in the media.
...Caucus organizers from each town who made the decision to postpone erred on the side of safety, which was a reasonable thing to do, especially given that Saturday's localized storm resulted in treacherous driving conditions in Washington County. The fact that our local Republican leaders placed the safety and well-being of their friends and neighbors ahead of politics should in no way lessen the importance of our votes in the non-binding straw poll.
Next Saturday, Washington County's straw poll votes will be counted and announced publicly. It is my posiiton that the Maine Republican Party must acknowledge them, despite the weather delay that pushed our caucuses back a week.
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