Podcast appearances and mentions of eliot cutler

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This Day in Maine for Thursday, May 4th, 2023.

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023.

Wanted or Needed.  Alfred man charged with m****ring his wife. Former Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler plans to change his plea. Paving scam warning. Meteorite reward.  Nachos Fries coming back to Taco Bell.  Amanda Bynes released from mental hospital.  Millie Bobby Brown engaged.  Ariana Grande addresses concerns.  Elon Musk says legacy blue checks will end on 4/20. SZA is running it back.  What vehicle do you automatically assume is being driven by a total jerk?  Juice Jacking.

Former Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap joins the show this week to talk about his recent success, and what the stench of Eliot Cutler does to ranked choice voting and the upcoming elections.

The top Maine news stories in March, from Eliot Cutler's arrest to pandemic payouts to Supreme Court justice votes

On the podcast this week, Esther, Cate, Ben and Mike discuss new polling results on expanding Maine’s good Samaritan law and spending the budget surplus, as well as the arrest of former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler. Also: A school board election in Kennebunk and a strike at the Red Cross. Ask a question or leave…

(Intro) The Best Girl Scout Cookie (Topic) What fictional place do you wish you could visit? (Dirty) Will Smith danced to his own music at the Vanity Fair after-party. Will Smith issued an apology on his Instagram. The real Richard Williams gave his thoughts on the slap. Oscar ratings were up by 56 percent. Kim Kardashian clarified her advice for women in business. (5TYNK) House committee finds Trump advisers in contempt of Congress. COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine hold steady. Gov. Mills donated political contributions from Eliot Cutler. Belfast community rallies to help workers from the Penobscot McCrum potato processing plant. Today is Vietnam War Veterans Day. (Outro) Not That Will Smith

(Intro) Week Highlights (Topic) What laundry fail did you have? What got ruined? (Dirty) Will Smith smacks Chris Rock and then apologizes after Best Actor Win. Travis Scott performs for the first time since the Astroworld tragedy. LeBron James wins award for the worst actor. Doja Cat apologizes for quitting music. Tara thinks Chance The Rapper stole her material. (5TYNTK) Almost all of Maine considered at low risk for COVID-19. Eliot Cutler to make initial court appearance today. Auburn police arrest teens in connection with a disturbing video. Maine Maple Sunday Returns. Tickets on sale now for the 25th Annual Maine International Film festival. (Outro) Trapped Farts

Maine News on March 25: Former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler is arrested and charged with possession of sexually explicit materials involving children, according to Hancock County DA; Maine National Guard members testify before the legislature about sexual harassment and assault they endured and reported but got little response from leadership

In this week's Pulse: Mills' utility accountability bill divisions, Democratic or anti-vaxx ‘activists'?, ‘fact-finding' trips to Europe, mutual admiration, and odds and ends in the Legislature.

(Intro) National Cocktail Day (Topic) When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? (Dirty) Joyner Lucas pulls out of Lollapalooza and disses MGK. Drake donates $1 million to LeBron's “I Promise” school. Man pulls a gun as he tries to meet Mike Tyson. Miley Cyrus' plane was hit by lightning. (5TYNTK) Madeleine Albright has died of cancer. Maine State Police excuse search warrants at two locations belong to Eliot Cutler. Bar Harbor residents looking to limit cruise ship visitors. Robert Kraft invites Topsham brothers who stopped school bus to a Patriots game. (Outro) Tara's TBT. Fraternal Twin Half Siblings.

Keeping Up with Eliot Cutler by Cynthia Dill

In elections with three or more candidates, spoiler effects are thought to occur when one candidate, one with supporters who are ideologically similar to those of another candidate, garners enough support that a third, ideologically dissimilar or even opposite, candidate can win without a majority. For example, in the 2014 Maine gubernatorial general election, Democratic nominee Mike Michaud received 43.4% of the vote, while independent candidate Eliot Cutler received 8.4%. Because Cutler's issue positions (e.g., pro-choice, supportive of marriage equality, pro-union) aligned him more closely with Democrats than the Republican opponent, many have suggested that Cutler's participation in the election drew enough support away from Michaud to prevent what otherwise would have been a Democratic victory. As it was, Republican Paul LePage was elected with 48.2% of the vote, less than a true majority. Vote-count systems that allow a candidate to win with merely a plurality (i.e., the greatest number of votes, but less than a majority) are vulnerable to spoiler effects. In response to apparent spoiler effects such as this one, and (as some have argued) Ralph Nader's impact on the 2000 U.S. presidential election, some reformers have advocated for the use of ranked-choice voting. In this episode, I talk with political scientists Jason McDaniel (https://politicalscience.sfsu.edu/people/25298/jason-mcdaniel) and Jack Santucci (http://www.jacksantucci.com/) about the potential rewards--but also risks--associated with ranked-choice voting. The risks include ones that could be detrimental to the interests of low-income citizens, and less educated ones. EPISODE LINKS 2013 Op-ed from Minnesota (Lawrence Jacobs & Joanne Miller) (http://www.startribune.com/new-minneapolis-voting-rules-could-diminish-equality/218598731/) 2014 Op-ed from Minnesota (Jacobs & Miller redux) (http://www.startribune.com/ranked-choice-voting-by-the-data-still-flawed/245283691/) FAQ on ranked-choice voting in Maine (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rankedchoicefaq.html) A timeline of actions on ranked choice voting in Maine (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/pdf/rcvtimeline.pdf) William Poundstone's "Gaming The Vote" (https://www.amazon.com/Gaming-Vote-Elections-Arent-About/dp/0809048922) Special Guests: Jack Santucci and Jason McDaniel.

T.J. O’Hara, the host of Deconstructed, is joined by Kyle Bailey, the campaign manager of both Maine’s ranked choice voting and Terry Hayes for Governor. The two discuss the history (and struggle) of ranked choice voting in Maine, the benefits of RCV, Maine’s history with independent and third party candidates, the difference between RCV and plurality voting, and more. Support IVN’s independent podcasts and video series by donated to our co-publisher: http://www.independentvoterproject.org/. Kyle Bailey has over a decade of experience in management and fundraising for candidate campaigns, ballot measure campaigns, and advocacy organizations. In 2016, Kyle led the first-in-the nation successful statewide ballot measure campaign to adopt ranked choice voting by the second largest vote of the people in Maine’s history. Kyle also worked on the Maine gubernatorial campaign of Eliot Cutler (2014), the Atlanta, Georgia mayoral campaign of Mary Norwood (2009), and the Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial campaign of Jim Martin (2006). And in 2018, Kyle is leading a people’s veto campaign on the June 2018 ballot to restore ranked choice voting in Maine, after it was repealed by Maine Legislature last year. He is also managing the Clean Elections gubernatorial bid of Maine’s first independent State Treasurer Terry Hayes. Kyle is the Owner and President of Peachtree Strategies LLC. Born in Florida and raised in Georgia, Kyle lives in Gorham, Maine with his husband State Rep. Andrew McLean.

Eliot Cutler discuss how political hyper-partisanship has bred bitter division and legislative paralysis in Washington and why it is a good thing fewer and fewer Americans consider themselves either Democrats or Republicans.

Love, long-term, can have a powerful impact on our lives. It enables us to grow as individuals, families and communities. This weekend we learn how committed couples keep their love alive, through conversations with civic leader Eliot Cutler and Dr. Melanie Cutler; photographer Kevin Brusie and filmmaker Sharyn Paul Brusie; and musicians, and 2 Note Botanical Perfumery co-owners, Darcy Doniger and Carolyn Mix.   https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2012/12/commitment-64/