Charter Panel Tops Today's Voting ; Rain Could Keep Many Residents Away From the Polls, Where a Number of Races Are Contested.

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Voters in southern Maine will head to the polls today to decide the fate of dozens of school budgets, borrowing requests and contested races for local offices.

The election that could have the most far-reaching impact is in Portland, where voters will choose among 19 candidates to fill nine open seats on the city's new Charter Commission.

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Charter Panel Tops Today's Voting ; Rain Could Keep Many Residents Away From the Polls, Where a Number of Races Are Contested.

The commission will study whether Maine's largest city should adopt an elected-mayor form of government to replace the current system, in which the mayor is just a figurehead chosen ...

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