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<h1>Portland Maine Campaign Finance Data</h1>
<h2>2019 Mayoral Election (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)</h2>
<h2>An <a href="openmaine.org">OpenMaine</a> Project</h2>
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<h1 class="text-center">Portland Maine Campaign Finance Data</h1>
<h2 class="text-center">2019 Mayoral Election (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)</h2>
<h2 class="text-center">An <a href="openmaine.org">OpenMaine</a> Project</h2>
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<h2> Some information on the process in Portland</h2>
Information is hard to find, and the following is incomplete...
<ol>
<li> <a href="https://www.portlandmaine.gov/1116/November-Municipal-Election">
November 2019 Municipal Election</a>
</li>
<li> <a href="https://www.portlandmaine.gov/1056/Information-for-Candidates">
Information for Candidates</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.portlandmaine.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9102/Candidate-Finance-Guide?bidId=">Maine
2019 Municipal Candidate Guidebook for
Towns & Cities With a Population Over 15,000</a>
</li>
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The Portland City Clerk's office holds the forms in a manilla
folder; they are available to voters to come in and look at from the day
after the filings are due (Room 203 in City Hall).
<br><br>
In working on this project, we've encountered the following frustrations:
<ol>
<li> Candidates file their reports on paper only.
</li>
<li> Candidates are using different versions of the paper forms,
resulting in an inconsistency in recorded/submitted information.
</li>
<li> Voters can come ask for the folders to see the data prior to the
election. They can also take cellphone pictures of these documents.
</li>
<li> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/">The Portland Press Herald</a>
has been helpful in publishing PDFs of
these documents in a timely manner.
</li>
<li> The City of Portland does not make PDFs of these documents
available until after the election.
</li>
</ol>
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<h2>Some Recommendations</h2>
<b>For the City of Portland:</b>
<ul>
<li> Make PDF versions of the filings available online immediately.
</li>
<li>Require candidates to provide electronic copies of their
campaign finance reports</li>
<li>Post searchable campaign finance data at least 10 days
before the election</li>
<li> Require that candidates use the current set of forms.
</li>
</ul>
<b>For Candidates:</b>
<ul>
<li>Submit electronic copies of your campaign finance reports</li>
<li>Include the data on your campaign website</li>
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