No On 1 Scheduled Speakers Announced

Pams House blend  Nov 03 09

REMINDER: THE site for results is this Bangor Daily News link.... even the campaign is using it as a reference.

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Got this preliminary program for later tonight:

9 pm- Maine Coalition MC- Betsy Smith, Executive Director of EqualityMaine

Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director, GLAD Shenna Bellows, Executive Director, MCLU Myke Johnson, Anne Underwood or Marvin Ellison, Religious Coalition

9:30 pm- Elected Officials MC: Jesse Connolly, Campaign Manager of No On 1/ Protect Maine Equality

Governor John Baldacci U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree Maine Senate President Libby Mitchell Maine Speaker Hannah Pingree

10 pm- National Partners MC: Pat Peard, No On 1/Protect Maine Equality, Executive Committee Member

Rea Carey, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Joe Solmonese, President, Human Rights Campaign Robin Brand, Senior Consultant, Gill Acti)on

10:30pm- Maine Families MC: Darlene Huntress, GOTV Direstoc, No On 1/Protect Maine Equality

Ray Dumont of Portland reads his Mom's (Yolande Dumont) letter Bill Whitten, Yarmouth Terry Guerette or Tamiko Davies, Portland Jim Bishop or Steve Ryan, Bar Mills

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