Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced the order of the three questions on the November 2, 2021 Referendum Election. The order of the questions was determined according to Maine statute http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/21-a/title21-Asec906.html .
The questions are:
- Citizen Initiative https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/citizens/line.pdf
Do you want to ban the construction of high-impact electric transmission lines in the Upper Kennebec Region and to require the Legislature to approve all other such projects anywhere in Maine, both retroactively to 2020, and to require the Legislature, retroactively to 2014, to approve by a two-thirds vote such projects using public land?
2. Bond Issue http://legislature.maine.gov/ros/LawsOfMaine/breeze/Law/getDocById/?docId=78979
Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue to build or improve roads, bridges, railroads, airports, transit facilities and ports and make other transportation investments, to be used to leverage an estimated $253,000,000 in federal and other funds?
3. Constitutional Amendment http://legislature.maine.gov/ros/LawsOfMaine/breeze/Law/getDocById/?docId=78982
Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to declare that all individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being?
Visit the Upcoming Elections webpage https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/index.html for additional information. The Absentee Ballot Request Service https://apps.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl for this election is live, allowing registered voters to easily request their ballots via mail. Voters can also request their ballot from their municipal clerk directly or vote in person on Election Day.
