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Hard Process Ask two lawyers about Maine’s secession law, and you’ll get two different views

The parties involved in the Peaks Island secession process disagree on several major issues, raising questions about the effectiveness of the state’s secession law. But it’s a seldom-used law that is subject to differing interpretations. Two lawyers who are not involved in this dispute, who have worked on past secession efforts, reached differing conclusions about

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Peaks takes first steps toward secession

Peaks Island has become the second Casco Bay island in eight months to vote for secession. On June 13 Peaks Island residents voted in favor of secession, 393 votes to 290. The advisory referendum question asked whether residents favored secession from Portland. As a percentage of votes cast, 58 percent were in favor and 42

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Vote nears on Peaks secession

Just three months after Chebeague Island won its independence in the State Legislature, Peaks Island will decide if it wants to pursue secession. On June 13 Peaks will vote on seceding from the City of Portland. As on Chebeague, Peaks Island secession proponents believe that going it alone is the only way Peaks can preserve

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