Jack R. Williams

Maine Referendum Spotlights Voting Rights for People Under Guardianship  - Bolts Since its drafting in 1819, Maine’s constitution has barred people who are “under guardianship for reasons of mental illness” from voting in state and local elections. The state legislature tried... Read More

Maine is one of the states closest to universal suffrage, but a clause in its constitution excludes people under guardianship from voting.

There’s a referendum there in Nov on scrubbing that language.

Great new piece on an issue I knew too little on:

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