Groups spend $9.6 m in Maine gay marriage vote

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Groups spend $9.6 m in Maine gay marriage vote
By The Associated Press

(Augusta, Maine) Campaign finance reports show that the two sides in the ballot fight that overturned Maine’s gay marriage law spent $9.6 million.

And the side that successfully argued to revoke the gay marriage law last month spent $3.8 million, less than the $5.8 million spent by those supporting the law. Maine’s total population is around 1.3 million.

The Kennebec Journal is reporting that 20 groups spent money to influence the vote.

The campaign finance reports were released Tuesday.

The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices says the amount of spending on the gay marriage vote is believed to be second only to a vote in 2003 on a proposed tribal casino.

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