Jarrod Crockett of Bethel, right, who recently returned from service in Afghanistan, reviews petition text with Trevor Bragdon of Augusta, center, who was the featured speaker at the November meeting of the Oxford County Republican Committee at the Advent Church in Oxford. Looking on is Oxford County Republican Committee Chairman Dan Bolling of Oxford. Bragdon, a University of Maine, Orono, graduate and Republican activist, is leading the effort to file enough signatures to obtain 2008 referendum votes on excise tax, health insurance and tax relief.