Editing Hallowell, Maine (section)

==Government==
[[File:HallowellME CityHall.jpg|thumb|Hallowell City Hall]]

===Local government===
The City of Hallowell has a [[mayor and council-manager]] form of government. The voters of Hallowell elect [[City council|councilors]] and a mayor who represent them through the government process.

The mayor appoints and the council ratifies a [[city manager]] to be the administrative head of the city. The position of mayor is largely ceremonial. The city manager oversees the daily operations of the city government, prepares annual budgets, and directs all city agencies and departments.

===Political makeup===
Hallowell is a well known [[Left-wing politics|left-leaning]] city<ref>{{cite web|last1=Keyes|first1=Bob|url=http://www.centralmaine.com/2012/10/15/3-hallowell-businessmen-say-candidates-missing-the-point_2012-10-14/|title=3 Hallowell businessmen say candidates missing the point |date=October 15, 2012}}</ref> and has the seventh highest percent of Democratic voters of all municipalities in Maine with a population over 1,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maine voters by town and party registration – The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram|date=November 2013 |url=http://www.pressherald.com/interactive/maine_registered_voters_democrat_republican_independent_green}}</ref> The city voted for [[Barack Obama]] by more than a 2-to-1 margin in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential Election]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Hallowell-Maine.html|title=Hallowell, Maine (ME 04347) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders}}</ref> and the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential Election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maineelections.bangordailynews.com/?County=Kennebec%20County&Town=Hallowell|title=Hallowell, Maine, 2016 Primary Election results – Bangor Daily News – BDN Maine}}</ref> In 2012 the city voted on a [[Maine Question 1, 2012|statewide referendum]] to allow [[same-sex marriage in Maine]] by a vote of 69% to 31%.

'''Voter registration'''
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of September 2015<ref name="maine.gov voters">{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2012/r-e-active.pdf|title=REGISTERED & ENROLLED VOTERS – STATEWIDE|date=September 8, 2015|access-date=January 23, 2016|archive-date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211233410/http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2012/r-e-active.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Total Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Maine Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 913
| style="text-align:center;"| 45.67%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unenrolled
| style="text-align:center;"| 558
| style="text-align:center;"| 27.91%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Maine Republican Party|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 468
| style="text-align:center;"| 23.41%
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}
| [[Maine Green Independent Party|Green Independent]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 60
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.00%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 1,999
! style="text-align:center;"| 100%
|}