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  Two of Maine’s Super Delegates Are Ineligible
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Last Editedparticleman  Mar 03, 2008 03:32pm
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DescriptionELLSWORTH — Two of the eight prominent Democrats appointed by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to represent Maine as super delegates at the Democratic National Convention aren’t eligible to do so under the DNC’s own residency requirements.

Neither former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell nor former Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis is a legal resident of Maine, as required by DNC rules stipulating that super delegates must “legally reside in their respective state.”
The DNC defines legal residency through voter registration. Neither Mitchell nor Curtis is registered to vote in Maine.

Voter registration records for the Manhattan borough of the city of New York show Mitchell registered to vote there as a Democrat on April 22, 2004.

Voter registration records in Sarasota County show Curtis registered to vote in Florida as a Democrat on Feb. 7, 2005.

John Knutson of Brooklin, who also is a Maine super delegate as chairman of the Maine Democratic Party, said the residency requirement as it affects Mitchell and Curtis has never been discussed at the state party level.
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