(Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)The Maine Ethics Commission will open an investigation into the Maine Democratic Party’s disclosed spending against last year’s unsuccessful referendum to enact voter ID requirements and new limits on absentee voting. Titcomb, leader of The Dinner Table PAC, argued the Maine Democratic Party qualified as a ballot question committee under state law because it received and spent more than $5,000 to oppose Question 1. Titcomb replied that even if those committee reports were the proper way for the party to disclose its spending, it still did not file all required reports. Attorneys for the Maine Democratic Party said the matter comes down to the commission’s interpretation of the different statutes. The party also received “confusing” reporting advice from commission staff on this very question, its lawyers told ethics commission executive director Jonathan Wayne.