Do Your Homework Before the Maine Election With a Helpful Guide
Before you head to the polls in Maine, check out this guide that details the referendum questions and how they'll be worded on the ballot.
Maine's Secretary of State Releases Referendum Questions Ahead of the Election
Anyone who's ever voted knows that those Referendum Questions can be tricky, often with wording that's misleading. It's worth it to take some time and familiarize yourself with the questions in advance of election day, so you know your responses before you walk into your polling place.
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Maine's Secretary of State's Office can help you with the 2024 Citizen's Guide that lists all the referendum questions, exactly as they'll be worded on the ballot you'll be handed on election day. This gives Maine voters time to read them over, learn the language, do some research, and make up their minds. Taking a few minutes to review these will likely help you to feel even more confident when you pick up your ballots.
There Will be Five Referendum Questions on the 2024 Maine Ballot
Here are the 2024 Referendum Questions, as they will appear on the ballot:
Question 1: An Act to Limit Contributions to Political Action Committees That Make Independent Expenditures, Do you want to set a $5,000 limit for giving to political action committees that spend money independently to support or defeat candidates for office?
Question 2: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and Development and Commercialization, Do you favor a bond issue of $25,000,000 to provide funds, to be awarded through a competitive process and to leverage matching private and federal funds on at least a one-to-one basis, for research and development and commercialization for Maine-based public and private institutions in support of technological innovation in the targeted sectors of life sciences and biomedical technology, environmental and renewable energy technology, information technology, advance technologies for forestry and agriculture, aquaculture and marine technology, composites and advanced materials and precision manufacturing?
Question 3: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Restore Historic Community Buildings, Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to restore historic buildings owned by governmental and nonprofit organizations, with funds being issued contingent on a 25% local match requirement from either private or nonprofit sources?
Question 4: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Promote the Design, Development and Maintenance of Trails for Outdoor Recreation and Active Transportation, Do you favor a $30,000,000 bond Issue to invest in the design, development and maintenance of non-motorized, motorized and multi-use trails statewide, to be matched by at least $3,000,000 in private and public contributions?
Question 5: An Act to Restore the Former State of Maine Flag, Do you favor making the former state flag, replaced as the officials flag of the State in 1909 and commonly known as the Pine Tree Flag, the official flag of the state?
Maine Has An Online Portal To Locate Voters' Local Polling Places
Election day is Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Find your polling place using this portal on the Maine State website.
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