Elections

State elections

November 2023 Election

• Question 1: Borrowing by Government-controlled Entities and Utilities
  This measure would require voter approval for large spending by certain government-controlled entities and utilities.
• Question 2: Foreign Campaign Spending
  This measure would prohibit foreign influence in elections for candidates and ballot questions.
• Question 3: Consumer-owned Utility
  This measure would create a consumer-owned utility.
• Question 4: Automotive Right to Repair
  This measure would require vehicles to have standardized on-board diagnostics systems and allow owners and independent repair facilities to access those diagnostics.
• Question 5: Petition Timing
  This measure would increase the amount of time to review signatures for citizen's initiatives and people's vetos.
• Question 6: Printing the Maine Constitution with all Provisions
  This measure would add sections of the constitution related to Indian Treaty Obligations back into printed copies of the constitution.
• Question 7: Petition Circulation Rules
  This measure would remove the requirement for people circulating petitions to be Maine residents who are registered to vote.
• Question 8: Voting Under Mental Illness Guardianship
  This measure would allow people under guardianship for mental illness to vote in elections for governor, senators, and representatives.

November 2021 Election

• Question 1: Electric Transmission Line
  This measure would halt construction of the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) and require a 2/3 majority to approve similar projects back as far as 2014.
• Question 2: Transportation
  This measure would allow the state to borrow $100 million for transportation improvements.
• Question 3: Right to Food
  This resolution would give citizens the explicit right to grow their own food.

July 2020 Election

• Question 1: Internet Infrastructure
  This approved measure would allow the state to borrow $15 million for high-speed internet infrastructure improvements.
• Question 2: Transportation
  This approved measure would allow the state to borrow $105 million for transportation improvements.

March 2020 Election

• Question 1: Vaccinations
  This failed measure would have allowed parents to continue to refuse vaccinations for their children for religious or philosophical reasons.

November 2019 Election

• Question 1: Transportation
  This approved measure allows the state to borrow $105 million for transportation improvements.
• Question 2: Alternative Signatures
  This approved measure allows people with disabilities to sign petitions using alternative signatures.

November 2018 Election

• Question 1: Home Care
  This failed measure would have created a new Universal Home Care Program.
• Question 2: Wastewater
  This approved measure allows the state to borrow $30 million to improve water quality.
• Question 3: Transportation
  This approved measure allows the state to borrow $106 million for transportation improvements.
• Question 4: University of Maine
  This approved measure allows the state to borrow $49 million to improve University of Maine campuses.
• Question 5: Community Colleges
  This approved measure allows the state to borrow $15 million to upgrade facilities at Maine’s community colleges.

June 2018 Election

• Question 1: Ranked-Choice Voting
  This approved measure enacts ranked-choice voting for some elections.

November 2017 Election

• Question 1: York County Casino
  This failed measure would have created a casino in York County.
• Question 2: Medicaid Expansion
  This approved measure expands Medicaid coverage in accordance with the Affordable Care Act.
• Question 3: Transportation
  This approved measure allows the state to borrow $105 million for transportation infrastructure.
• Question 4: Public Pensions
  This approved measure will spread out losses for public pensions over 20 years instead of the current practice of 10 years.

June 2017 Election

• Question 1: Technology and Business Loans Bond
  This approved measure allows $50 million in bonds to fund technology and business loans.

November 2016 Election

• Question 1: Recreational Marijuana
  This approved measure legalized marijuana for recreational use.
• Question 2: Education Funding
  This approved measure created a fund to increase teacher salaries.
• Question 3: Firearm Sales
  This failed measure would have required background checks for unlicensed gun sellers.
• Question 4: Minimum Wage
  This approved measure raises the minimum wage by $1 a year until it gets to $12 in 2020.
• Question 4: Minimum Wage
  This approved measure raises the minimum wage by $1 a year until it gets to $12 in 2020.
• Question 5: Ranked-Choice Voting
  This approved measure enacts ranked-choice voting for some elections.
• Question 6: Transportation
  This approved measure allows the state to borrow $100 million for transportation infrastructure.

Local elections

• June 2023 Election
• November 2022 Election
• June 2022 Election
• November 2021 Election
• June 2021 Election
• November 2020 Election
• July 2020 Election
• November 2019 Election

Candidates

• November 2020 Election
• July 2020 Election