ME: Independent Cutler Qualifies for Ballot in Gubernatorial Race

From the Portland Press Herald:

Eliot Cutler of Cape Elizabeth submitted more than 4,000 voters' signatures to the state Friday to become the first independent candidate for governor to qualify for the November ballot.  Cutler, a lawyer who worked for former Sen. Edmund Muskie and former President Jimmy Carter, easily beat the June 1 deadline to turn in his signatures. He will face the Democratic and Republican nominees on Nov. 2.