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Solmonese and Cillizza Discuss Marriage Vote In Maine

11/03/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
Joe Solmonese appeared on Andrea Mitchell Live in order to discuss the vote in Maine. Mr. Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign is on the ground in Maine. The turnout in Maine has been high, according to some reports, and the voters younger than the recent PPP poll had anticipated. What does it mean for the outcome, well, neither Mr. Solmonese nor Chris Cillizza are totally certain.

Should Maine, which according to one recent study, has more gay and lesbian couples than any other state in the Union, and only slightly less than the District of Columbia, uphold marriage equality, it will become the first state to do so. Both sides poured in a lot of money, but the No on 1 campaign had nine times as many individualized donors as Yes on 1, which relied almost exclusively on funding from the National Organization for Marriage and the Roman Catholic Church in Portland.