2024 ME Senate race: on Government Reform

David Costello: Mandate automatic voter registration, early and mail voting

Pass the Freedom to Vote Act and other elections-related legislation to improve elections security, increase voter participation, and reinforce the legitimacy of elections results, by:
• modernizing nationwide voting infrastructure.
• mandating automatic voter registration, early voting, and no-excuse voting by mail.
• banning unreasonable voter purges, deceptive politicking, and partisan gerrymandering.
• reducing the inordinate, unfair influence of excessive funding & "dark money."

David Costello: Automatic voter registration; abolish Electoral College

Passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and other elections-related legislation to improve elections security, increase voter participation, and reinforce the legitimacy of elections results, by:
• modernizing nationwide voting infrastructure.
• mandating automatic voter registration, early voting, and no-excuse voting by mail.
• banning unreasonable voter purges, deceptive politicking, and partisan gerrymandering.
• reducing the inordinate, unfair influence of excessive funding, including "dark money".

David Costello: U.S. Senate is obscenely undemocratic

His reform agenda, outlined on his website, includes a call to end the filibuster in the Senate, increase national service programs for young adults, abolish the Electoral College, give presidents line-item veto power, adopt mandatory retirement for judges at age 80, increase the size of the U.S. House and much more. "I view the Senate as obscenely undemocratic," Costello said, and in need of an overhaul.

Costello said his focus is on constitutional and legal reforms that would tackle some of the archaic systems that are holding back the country. "It's not about changing the politician. It's about changing the system," Costello said.

Demi Kouzounas: Deeply concerned about possibility of election fraud

"As far as we are concerned, President Trump is still our President until proven otherwise," she said, adding that, "We will not rest until the truth about the 2020 election is revealed and we return trust to American elections."

David Costello: Substantial reforms to overcome partisan gridlock

I am running for the United States Senate because I want to advance long-overdue reforms that will not only help end gridlock in Washington but also help in protecting our rights and freedoms and assist in addressing such pressing problems as climate change, uneven economic prosperity, inadequate health care, shoddy infrastructure, under performing schools, increasing gun violence, and insufficient retirement security. I am also running because I want to help in ensuring that all Mainers are provided with the education, job skills, and other life-enriching opportunities to thrive.

David Costello: 24-year term limits for Congress; retirement age for judges