Committee Meeting 05.02.2024 6:00p.m.

Greetings and salutations fellow South Berwick Democrats! Our monthly committee meeting with be this Thursday, May 2nd, at 6pm in the downstairs meeting room at Town hall. We were unable to meet last month due to the end of season storm and we have a lot of catching up to do. All residents of South Berwick that are registered voters with the Democratic Party are welcome to attend. Volunteers are need to help with community outreach. If you are unable to attend but want to get involved, please email our Chairperson at Mark.Michael.Adams@gmail.com

Qualifying Deadline for Clean Election Funding is 4/22

Hello fellow South Berwickians! The qualifying deadline for the Clean Election Fund is Monday, April 22nd. Our local candidates are asking that you donate $5 for each of their campaigns in order that they may receive public funding from the state and help to keep the influence of big money donors out. Please click on the link below and help support!

https://apps1.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/ethics/cleanelection/home.pl?fbclid=IwAR2wBPJlP0l0R2dMtbbU-ICEqC989Kb7S07gPM3qxpXOoGTRBE1Fb2OJyKE

Committee meeting for April 4th to be rescheduled

Greetings and salutations fellow South Berwickians; Due to the storm, we will be rescheduling our monthly committee meeting for this evening. As soon as a new date and time are arranged it will be announced. Be safe, be well.

All The Info You Need To Register To Vote in South Berwick

Are you new to the town of South Berwick and you’re not sure how to register to vote? We have two resources for you!

Click here to review the sample Maine Voter Registration Application card that you can fill out at the South Berwick Town hall in the clerks office.

Town Clerk Hours (as of 1/8/24)

Tuesday 9-5

Wednesday 9-5

Thursday 9-6

Click here to learn more about the requirements to vote in Maine.

Next Meeting of the South Berwick Democrats

Join us for the next meeting of the South Berwick Democrats on Thursday, January 4th at 6pm.

If you are grateful that South Berwick is represented by a Democrat in Augusta, join the January meeting to learn some very easy ways to help make sure we keep our representation in the 2024 election.

We will discuss easy ways to help our elected officials as well as continue the planning discussions started at our December meeting.

February caucus is right around the corner and we’re excited to welcome in new volunteers!

It’s a great morning to be a South Berwick Democrat!

The results from yesterday’s election prove that South Berwick wants to send representatives to Augusta who have demonstrated their strong commitment to serving the best interest of District 149 and 150. They lead with facts, common sense, and respect for their constituents and the will of the voters.

A big congrats to our State Representatives Tiffany Roberts and Michele Meyer and State Senator Mark Lawrence, US Representative Chellie Pingree, and Governor Janet Mills on their respective victories at the polls yesterday. We are lucky to have them representing us in Augusta and Washington DC! 

For those who are looking for results on town ballot: Jeff Minihan and Melissa Costella will serve as our town councilors and Questions 1 & 2 passed with 78% approval. 

It’s a great morning indeed. 

South Berwick Candidates Forum 2022 Recap

There is only 1 week until Election Day! If you were not able to attend or watch the South Berwick Candidate Forum, I have included a link to the recording below. 

It is 2 hours long – but I strongly encourage you to watch the recording and share it with your South Berwick neighbors! 

I would be interested to learn what stood out to those who attended or watched, here are 3 key my takeaways

• Strong town council candidates
• The Republican candidate for District 150, Michele Meyer’s opponent, did not even show! He has no website or facebook page, so we have no idea where he stands on the issues…
• The alarming answers from the 2 Republican candidates in attendance to the question regarding access to reproductive healthcare.
  • Question: “Maine law currently allows women to access contraceptives and abortion services if they choose to do so. Do you think Maine law should continue to ensure that women have this access?”
    • Answer from Julie Rakic, candidate challenging Mark Lawrence for SD35, minute mark 1:52: “Politicians and the media have hyper sensationalized this issue for the midterms because they have little else to run on”
    • Answer from Mark Rouillard, candidate challenging Tiffany Roberts for HD149, minute mark 1:17: “we should all have the right to our own autonomy…this is our god given right and let no one take this away from us. However, we can agree that taxpayers should not be funding abortion especially when big dollars are being paid for the fetuses. It is a big money racket”
    • Follow the link to listen to all of the candidates’ views on abortion

I hope everyone can make time to learn more about the candidates who are running for office. Follow this link to watch the full recording.

If you’d prefer, you can watch the individual clips of each legislative candidate, or an overview of (in this blogger’s opinion) one of the most critical issues at hand, follow the links are below.

Tiffany Roberts, Democrat running for re-election in House District 149

Mark Rouillard, Republican challenger running against Tiffany Roberts to represent House District 149

Michele Meyer, Democrat running for re-election in House District 150

**Michele Meyer’s opponent did not participate in the event**

Mark Lawrence, Democrat running for re-election in Senate District 35

Julie Rakic, Republican challenger running against Mark Lawrence to represent Senate District 35

Candidates views on climate change

South Berwick Democrats Annual Picnic – May 22

Who can forget the fun annual picnic we used to host pre ‘C’!? The annual Dems picnic is back in 2022!

If you can make it, please let us know at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sobo-dems-annual-picnic-tickets-292866941907

Join your fellow South Berwick Dems to have some Sunday afternoon fun. Bring a lawn chair, bring a side dish to share too! Sign up to bring something here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d44a4a72da75-south

Let’s Re-Elect Governor Janet Mills

Governor Mills Officially Launched Her Re-election Campaign Today

Today, Governor Mills officially kicked off her re-election campaign with a video announcement posted to her campaign website. Since taking office in 2019, Governor Mills has taken on the biggest challenges facing Maine people and delivered the progress that Maine people deserve. Mills’ notable accomplishments include the expansion of Medicaid to cover an additional 90k+ Maine residents, guiding Maine to a historic budget surplus, and enacting a plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2045 – all while navigating a pandemic where Maine has achieved one of the highest vaccination rates and lowest death rates in the nation. And, as she said in her announcement video, there is so much more progress yet to come.

Let’s Re-Elect These Democrats!

We’re so happy to report that our State Representatives Michele Meyer and Tiffany Roberts, as well as our State Senator Mark Lawrence, each announced this month that they will run for re-election. We’ve got their back this November!