2020 Maine referendums
Two referendums were placed on the statewide ballot in Maine in 2020. Both were citizen initiated proposals.
One was a special referendum election held on March 3, 2020, in conjunction with the Democratic and Republican primaries:
- Repeal of vaccination law: This was a people's veto referendum that sought to repeal a law passed by the Maine Legislature that eliminated all non-medical exemptions to child vaccination requirements. The veto effort failed by a large margin. [1]
A regularly scheduled referendum election will be held on November 3, 2020, in conjunction with elections for federal and state offices, which covers:
- Preventing construction of a power line corridor: This proposal seeks to force the Maine Public Utilities Commission to declare that construction of a new power line to bring Hydro-Quebec hydropower from Canada to Massachusetts for the New England energy grid is not in the public interest, which would prevent its construction. [2]
References
- "'No' vote – to keep state's new vaccine law – wins by overwhelming margin". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- "Maine Voters Likely To Decide In November On Referendum Aiming To Kill CMP Corridor". MPBN. March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
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