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Show Little Chats on Public Notice By James E. Pollard Copywrighted I960 Special Elcetion The State of Maine made history his-tory in September, 1957, when its voters decided to bring that state in line with others as to the date of its general election. For decades Maine had held Its statewide state-wide elections earlier than any of the other states. This gave rise to the political saying, some, what disproved in recent years, that "As Maine goes, so goes the nation." Since 1958, therefore, Mame has no longer served as a sort of special political barometer.. Under Un-der its constitution, as jmenrtmi. its general elections, as in most of (he other states, are to be held on "the Tuesday following the first Monday In November." The first major step In bringing bring-ing about this change was a resolution res-olution adopted by the state legislature. le-gislature. But this, to br effective had to be ratified by the voters. This, in turn, was submitted at a special election. Although this particular issue, along with four others submitted at the same time, had wide news coverage in the press and other news media, it was carried also in newspapers as legal advertising advertis-ing or public notice. This was in compliance with the longstanding long-standing principle of law based on the public's right to know For this purpose the bona fide newspaper is the principal medium me-dium specified by law in nun-Hwis nun-Hwis of public notice situations. |