. >> reporte under mayhew, maine looked at the wage records of nearly 7,000 adults without dependents, people like tim keefe, in the one year after food stamp benefits were cut off. >> individuals left food stamps went back to work and their incomes increased by over 114%. they were earning more than the federal poverty level. exactly the goal that we certainly hoped for as we incentivized and prioritized work. nd the trump administration has taken notice. citing maine's changes to its snap program, in april, president trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to strengthen and introduce work requirementsn mayhew, ile, has left her position at health and human services to run for governor in the republican primary. she has also consulth the trump administration about maine's experience with work requements. >> i'm incredibly proud that maine is sn as a model. >> maine is not a model, it's a cautionary tale. >> reporter: chris hastedt is the public policy director for maine equal justice partners, an advocacy group representing low income mainers. >> things are not goi

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. >> sreenivasan: mary mayhew is another candidate for governor liin the repn primary. >> my own 84-year-old mother e who, every time lks to me about ranked-choice voting, gets angrier and angrier. she has been voting for a very long time, and she does not understand now what she has to do when she goes into the ballot bo t >> bringing s complaint about how it's going to be too confusing is really just a red herring and brought up by people who oppose the policy ofti ranked-choice . >> the first reading of printed bill. >> sreenivasan: in fact, last year, the legislature voted to delay ranked-choice voting. in response, advocates collect nearly 80,000 signatures, which, according to maine law, overruled the legislature for the time being. next month, there will be a ballot measure asking voters to make the system permanent for statewide primaries and federal elections. cara mccormick says this is an issue that attracts people from ncross the political spectrum. >> it is the parti politicians who are trying to fit it into one of two boxes. but the people of maine-- the democrats, republicans