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1 October
5:49 pm

Hannah moved the exchanges on needles to giveaways, one for a hundred, in March of 2020

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Bobby Charles, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (NEWS CENTER Maine)

5:49 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific policy action attributed to a named opponent (Hannah) at a specific date — verifiable whether this needle exchange policy change occurred as described
What we foundThe March 2020 policy change on needle exchanges was enacted by Governor Janet Mills via executive order, not by Hannah Pingree, and the specific 1-for-100 ratio came later in September 2022, not in March 2020.
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