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About coverage elsewhere: Press in Maine, because of proximity and a large francophone population, has probably covered the referendum more frequently and thoroughly than elsewhere down here. Like Andrea, I find it especially chilling that the English Only people are taking it as a "cautionary tale." Another reason for Maine's interest may be our own referendum on gay/Lesbian/bisexual equal rights (though the words are never mentioned in the text). We've been working hard and hoping hard that on next Tuesday Maine will follow Oregon and not Colorado. The polls are about 1/3 no (against exclusion from anti-discrimination laws), 1/3 yes (for limiting anti-discrimination laws to the limited number of populations now mentioned, which does not include the gay/lesbian/bisexual population), 1/3 undecided. Stay tuned. jean sanborn