Maine Candidate for Governor Forgoes Campaign Public Financing

Lynne Williams, a candidate for Governor of Maine, has announced that she will not tap into public funding for her campaign and will "return to sender" all of the $5 “qualifying contribution” checks and credit card donations her campaign is holding.
“We’ve been agonizing over this for several weeks,” Williams said, “and while we solidly support the concept of public funding for gubernatorial elections, it appears the position of the Maine Legislature is to dilute the fund and also make it harder for Clean Election candidates to qualify for what will be left."
Williams, who is running as a Maine Green Independent P....