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M D Mitchell, known by his friends as "Mitch", was born in 1967 and today lives by the ocean in the state of Maine. He served in the Maine Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer, retiring at the rank of Major, and served two tours of duty in Iraq, as well as humanitarian work in Guatemala. He was also a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State, serving in Washington D.C., Brazil, and Guyana. Prior to that, he was the Director of Education at the Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation, in Freeport, Maine. Mitch was also a classroom teacher who taught U.S. History, and English to speakers of other languages in Maine and Japan. He is passionate about remaining true to the founding ideals of America, the ones written on paper about a "more perfect union", although, sadly, not always as practiced in reality.

Ranked Choice Voting is Not a Conspiracy, it is Nonpartisan

May 19, 2018 by M D Mitchell Leave a Comment

Ranked Choice Voting is Not a Conspiracy

The accusations by entrenched Republican elites in Maine does not change these facts. Republican leaders, sadly and apparently afraid of actually needing to convince the majority of Mainers to support their candidates and policies, have decided to now oppose RCV.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Methods, Republicans

Free and Fair Elections Versus the Modern Republican Party

May 4, 2018 by M D Mitchell 2 Comments

Elections Versus the Modern Republican Party

As a swing voter, who has proudly voted for and supported Republicans in the past, I can’t fathom supporting a party that continues to remove itself from ‘We the People’, to be only for “a few of the people, the whitest and wealthiest.”

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, Redistricting, Republicans, Voter Access

GoFundMe: Help us win a Peaceful Voting Revolution in Maine!

April 16, 2018 by M D Mitchell Leave a Comment

Peaceful Voting Revolution in Maine

Please don’t miss this chance to fundamentally level the playing field and improve our system of voting.  We may never get another chance to upgrade and improve our democratic institutions on a state scale.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, DC News, Democracy Charity, Election Methods

It’s Past Time to Take a Closer Look at Ranked Choice Voting Systems

April 13, 2018 by M D Mitchell Leave a Comment

Ranked Choice Voting Systems

In ranked choice voting systems, if a candidate gets a majority of the votes, 50%, plus 1, they win. This has the bonus of legitimizing the victory of the candidate, and helps them move forward to govern and lead.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, Australia, Election Methods, Third Party

A plea for old-fashioned American civility

April 8, 2018 by M D Mitchell 2 Comments

American civility

We Americans have problems, no doubt, serious problems to work on, but at least in our country, the other side is not your enemy. They are, on the whole, well meaning people who have different ideas of how to solve the same problems.

Filed Under: DC Authors

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