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The rest of our priority bills are unchanged from last week. Quite a few other bills got killed during the floor session last Wednesday. The Legislature is planning to reconvene on June 2 and 3, every day the week after, and a few more days the week after that.

The legislative session scheduled for last week had to be cancelled because of COVID, but the Legislature will try again this week, Wednesday, May 19. We’re still following almost 100 bills, 50 of which we testified on. Here's where things stand on our highest priority bills.

Our recipient for this year's Ann M. Luther Award for Excellence in Volunteerism was a walk-on at Convention in 2017. She came to Convention that year as a total newbie and has made herself an indispensable all-star in every way since.

It's time to rally public support for the National Popular Vote (NPV). Today, May 11 at 9 AM, there will be a public hearing in the Veterans & Legal Affairs Committee on two NPV bills (LD 1330 and LD 1384).

Two of our priority bills (LD 1417 and LD 1155) passed out of committee last week! As far as what comes next, the Maine Legislature had blocked off May 12 and 13 to convene again, but that plan got cancelled. So here's what we have planned for this week.

The proposal would improve voter information, protect the rights of nonpartisan observers, and ensure consistent treatment of student IDs when registering to vote.

Convention is the time for League members to vote on the future of our organization. But it's also so much more than that. We've invited guests to talk with our community about the importance of youth engagement and civics education, two major ways to inspire lifelong voters and civically-engaged lives.

Mainers for Modern Elections — a new coalition committed to ensuring that our right to vote safely transcends politics and partisanship — applauds the committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs for their majority approval of LD 1126.