Our small town in Maine had an estimated 79% turnout, considerably better than in 2000.

At least 3 of Maine's 4 electoral votes are projected for Kerry based on the strong Democratic vote in our state's 1st Dictrict. Maine is one of the few states which has awarded eletoral votes by Congrational District.

It's been a looooong day for me as volunteer coordinator of our town Democratic Committee with about 25 volunteers monitoring who had voted at the polls, phoning supporters who hadn't voted yet, maintaining sign visibility, providing coffee and other refreshments for volunteers, and cleaning up our house so people would not run screaming out the door!

Things look great for Democrats in Maine, even better than we did in 2000 when Gore took the state by 5 percentage points.

However, it looks like a long, long, night before we'll see the results in the larger battleground states.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble,

Judy's off in the State capitol awaiting results from the legislative house races so she can learn who will have a majority to elect her boss the House Clerk.