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The referendum had initially been scheduled for 2023, but the Maine Legislature delayed it until 2024. [3] [4] The Legislature then attempted a further delay until 2026, which was vetoed by Governor Janet Mills. [5] [6] On August 5, 2024, the winner of the flag redesign contest was announced, with honors going to Adam Lemire of Gardiner, Maine.
In August 2023, citizens of Maine organized a ballot question committee, Maine Citizens to End SuperPACs, to gather enough signatures as required by the Maine Constitution to get the initiative on the ballots. [2] In October 2023, Citizens to End SuperPACs was registered as a political action committee to support the passage of the referendum. [3]
These elections coincided with five referendum questions, including a referendum to change the state flag, as well as the presidential election, a U.S. Senate election, and various other state, county and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 11, 2024.
Maine will hold a statewide referendum election on Tuesday. Polls close at 8 p.m. ET. ... In the 2022 general election, the AP first reported results at 8:08 p.m. ET, or eight minutes after polls ...
Maine Question 5, formally An Act to Establish Ranked-Choice Voting, [2] is a citizen-initiated referendum question that qualified for the Maine November 8, 2016 statewide ballot. It was approved by a vote of 52% in favor, 48% opposed. [ 3 ]
2020 Maine Question 1 was a people's veto referendum that sought to reject a new law which eliminated religious and philosophical exemptions from school vaccination requirements and for employees of nursery schools and health care facilities.
Maine Question 1, formally An Act to Legalize Marijuana, [1] is a citizen-initiated referendum question that qualified for the Maine November 8, 2016 statewide ballot. It was qualified for the ballot after a Maine Superior Court judge ordered that petitions rejected by the Maine Secretary of State be reconsidered.
Maine Question 1, the Legislative Approval of Certain Electric Transmission Lines Initiative, was on the ballot in Maine as an indirect initiated state statute on November 2, 2021. It was approved, with 59.20% voting in favor.