The campaign manager for the group that put same-sex marriage back on the ballot in Maine believes additional organizing time will lead to a victory for gay marriage supporters come November.
Mainers voted against a state law that would have legalized gay marriage three years ago during the midterm elections, but Mainers United for Marriage successfully petitioned to add a question legalizing same-sex marriage to the Nov. 6 ballot.
Matt McTighe, campaign manager for Mainers United for Marriage, told MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts that those three years gave his group enough time to convince the state’s 900,000-plus registered voters to vote the other way this time.
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