Question 1 Fuels Fundraising Fight
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Bangor Daily News: With less than five weeks until Election Day, both camps in the battle over Question 1 are busy raising money to keep their ads on the air as Mainers prepare to cast ballots on whether to allow gay marriage in Maine. The latest reporting period for campaign contributions ended Wednesday. That data will not be available for about two weeks. But supporters of Maine’s new law allowing same-sex couples to marry appeared to have had some success using the Sept. 30 deadline to drum up last-minute donations. The No on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign set a goal of raising $28,000 in online donations by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday on a Web site,ActBlue.com, that describes itself as “a clearinghouse for Democratic action.” But when the campaign breezed by that figure by Wednesday afternoon, the goal was bumped up to $40,000 — and then $50,000. “We’re really excited about the support we are receiving from folks who want to contribute to this campaign,” said Jesse Connolly, spokesman for the group defending Maine’s same-sex marriage law.
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