Question 3: Right to Food
This resolution would give citizens the explicit right to grow their own food.
Ballot questions by tag
- Passed 22
- Citizen Initiative 11
- Bond 11
- Transportation 6
- Did Not Pass 4
- Citizen's Initiative 4
- Constitutional Amendment 4
- Education 3
- Wages 2
- Ranked-Choice 2
- Healthcare 2
- Constitutional Resolution 2
- Petitions 2
- Electricity 2
- Marijuana 1
- Guns 1
- Business 1
- Casino 1
- Pensions 1
- Water 1
- Accessibility 1
- Referendum 1
- Veto referendum 1
- Vaccination 1
- Religion 1
- Internet 1
- Infrastructure 1
- Citizen's initiative 1
- Retroactive 1
- Food 1
- Consumer Utility 1
- Borrowing 1
- Elections 1
- Foreign Influence 1
- Vehicles 1
- Right to Repair 1
- Native American 1
- Mental Illness 1
- Guardianship 1
Passed
Question 2: Transportation
This measure would allow the state to borrow $100 million for transportation improvements.
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 approved measure would allow the state to borrow $105 million for transportation improvements.
Question 1: Internet Infrastructure
This approved measure would allow the state to borrow $15 million for high-speed internet infrastructure improvements.
Question 2: Alternative Signatures
This approved measure allows people with disabilities to sign petitions using alternative signatures.
Question 1: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $105 million for transportation improvements.
Question 5: Community Colleges
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $15 million to upgrade facilities at Maine’s community colleges.
Question 4: University of Maine
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $49 million to improve University of Maine campuses.
Question 3: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $106 million for transportation improvements.
Question 2: Wastewater
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $30 million to improve water quality.
Question 1: Ranked-Choice Voting
This approved measure enacts ranked-choice voting for some elections.
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.
Question 3: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $105 million for transportation infrastructure.
Question 2: Medicaid Expansion
This approved measure expands Medicaid coverage in accordance with the Affordable Care Act.
Question 1: Technology and Business Loans Bond
This approved measure allows $50 million in bonds to fund technology and business loans.
Question 6: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $100 million for transportation infrastructure.
Question 5: Ranked-Choice Voting
This approved measure enacts ranked-choice voting for some elections.
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 2: Education Funding
This approved measure created a fund to increase teacher salaries.
Question 1: Recreational Marijuana
This approved measure legalized marijuana for recreational use.
Citizen Initiative
Question 1: Home Care
This failed measure would have created a new Universal Home Care Program.
Question 1: Ranked-Choice Voting
This approved measure enacts ranked-choice voting for some elections.
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.
Question 2: Medicaid Expansion
This approved measure expands Medicaid coverage in accordance with the Affordable Care Act.
Question 1: York County Casino
This failed measure would have created a casino in York County.
Question 5: Ranked-Choice Voting
This approved measure enacts ranked-choice voting for some elections.
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 3: Firearm Sales
This failed measure would have required background checks for unlicensed gun sellers.
Question 2: Education Funding
This approved measure created a fund to increase teacher salaries.
Question 1: Recreational Marijuana
This approved measure legalized marijuana for recreational use.
Bond
Question 2: Transportation
This measure would allow the state to borrow $100 million for transportation improvements.
Question 2: Transportation
This approved measure would allow the state to borrow $105 million for transportation improvements.
Question 1: Internet Infrastructure
This approved measure would allow the state to borrow $15 million for high-speed internet infrastructure improvements.
Question 1: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $105 million for transportation improvements.
Question 5: Community Colleges
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $15 million to upgrade facilities at Maine’s community colleges.
Question 4: University of Maine
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $49 million to improve University of Maine campuses.
Question 3: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $106 million for transportation improvements.
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 $105 million for transportation infrastructure.
Question 1: Technology and Business Loans Bond
This approved measure allows $50 million in bonds to fund technology and business loans.
Question 6: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $100 million for transportation infrastructure.
Transportation
Question 2: Transportation
This measure would allow the state to borrow $100 million for transportation improvements.
Question 2: Transportation
This approved measure would allow the state to borrow $105 million for transportation improvements.
Question 1: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $105 million for transportation improvements.
Question 3: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $106 million for transportation improvements.
Question 3: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $105 million for transportation infrastructure.
Question 6: Transportation
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $100 million for transportation infrastructure.
Did Not Pass
Question 1: Vaccinations
This failed measure would have allowed parents to continue to refuse vaccinations for their children for religious or philosophical reasons.
Question 1: Home Care
This failed measure would have created a new Universal Home Care Program.
Question 1: York County Casino
This failed measure would have created a casino in York County.
Question 3: Firearm Sales
This failed measure would have required background checks for unlicensed gun sellers.
Citizen's Initiative
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 3: Consumer-owned Utility
This measure would create a consumer-owned utility.
Question 2: Foreign Campaign Spending
This measure would prohibit foreign influence in elections for candidates and ballot questions.
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.
Constitutional Amendment
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.
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 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 5: Petition Timing
This measure would increase the amount of time to review signatures for citizen’s initiatives and people’s vetos.
Education
Question 5: Community Colleges
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $15 million to upgrade facilities at Maine’s community colleges.
Question 4: University of Maine
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $49 million to improve University of Maine campuses.
Question 2: Education Funding
This approved measure created a fund to increase teacher salaries.
Wages
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.
Ranked-Choice
Question 1: Ranked-Choice Voting
This approved measure enacts ranked-choice voting for some elections.
Question 5: Ranked-Choice Voting
This approved measure enacts ranked-choice voting for some elections.
Healthcare
Question 1: Home Care
This failed measure would have created a new Universal Home Care Program.
Question 2: Medicaid Expansion
This approved measure expands Medicaid coverage in accordance with the Affordable Care Act.
Constitutional Resolution
Question 3: Right to Food
This resolution would give citizens the explicit right to grow their own food.
Question 2: Alternative Signatures
This approved measure allows people with disabilities to sign petitions using alternative signatures.
Petitions
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 2: Alternative Signatures
This approved measure allows people with disabilities to sign petitions using alternative signatures.
Electricity
Question 3: Consumer-owned Utility
This measure would create a consumer-owned utility.
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.
Marijuana
Question 1: Recreational Marijuana
This approved measure legalized marijuana for recreational use.
Guns
Question 3: Firearm Sales
This failed measure would have required background checks for unlicensed gun sellers.
Business
Question 1: Technology and Business Loans Bond
This approved measure allows $50 million in bonds to fund technology and business loans.
Casino
Question 1: York County Casino
This failed measure would have created a casino in York County.
Pensions
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.
Water
Question 2: Wastewater
This approved measure allows the state to borrow $30 million to improve water quality.
Accessibility
Question 2: Alternative Signatures
This approved measure allows people with disabilities to sign petitions using alternative signatures.
Referendum
Question 1: Vaccinations
This failed measure would have allowed parents to continue to refuse vaccinations for their children for religious or philosophical reasons.
Veto referendum
Question 1: Vaccinations
This failed measure would have allowed parents to continue to refuse vaccinations for their children for religious or philosophical reasons.
Vaccination
Question 1: Vaccinations
This failed measure would have allowed parents to continue to refuse vaccinations for their children for religious or philosophical reasons.
Religion
Question 1: Vaccinations
This failed measure would have allowed parents to continue to refuse vaccinations for their children for religious or philosophical reasons.
Internet
Question 1: Internet Infrastructure
This approved measure would allow the state to borrow $15 million for high-speed internet infrastructure improvements.
Infrastructure
Question 1: Internet Infrastructure
This approved measure would allow the state to borrow $15 million for high-speed internet infrastructure improvements.
Citizen's initiative
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.
Retroactive
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.
Food
Question 3: Right to Food
This resolution would give citizens the explicit right to grow their own food.
Consumer Utility
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.
Borrowing
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.
Elections
Question 2: Foreign Campaign Spending
This measure would prohibit foreign influence in elections for candidates and ballot questions.
Foreign Influence
Question 2: Foreign Campaign Spending
This measure would prohibit foreign influence in elections for candidates and ballot questions.
Vehicles
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.
Right to Repair
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.
Native American
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.
Mental Illness
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.
Guardianship
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.