A long-shot Senate candidate wants to have President Bush arrested if he sets foot in Kennebunkport, where his parents have an oceanfront home.

Laurie Dobson, an anti-war activist who lives in Kennebunkport, took the first step today toward obtaining what she described as an indictment that could lead to the arrest of both the president and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Her "writ of indictment" is modeled after an initiative in Brattleboro, Vt., that the Select Board voted to put on the ballot at next month's town meeting.

In Kennebunkport, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats nearly 2-to-1, officials are expressing skepticism about the legality of Dobson's effort. Town Manager Larry Mead says the local government doesn't have the power to indict.