Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Fair Elections Portland, Inc. v. City of Portland

January 26, 20232023 ME 9

Summary

The court dismissed the appeal as moot because voters had approved a Clean Election Fund that was substantially similar to, and did not conflict with, the public-financing mechanism proposed by the appellants. The court also declined to apply any exception to mootness, concluding that existing precedent provided adequate guidance on distinguishing charter revisions from amendments.