Maine voters will decide the fate of eight statewide ballot measures in a referendum election Tuesday
November 03, 2023 at 7:24 am EDTFILE-Supporters of"No CMP Corridor" attend a rally after submitting more than 75,000 signatures to election officials at the State Office Building, Feb. 3, 2020, in Augusta, Maine. If voters grant their approval on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, Maine would be the 10th state to close the loophole in federal election law that bans foreign entities from spending on candidate elections, yet allows donations for local and state ballot measures.
Question 3 would shutter two privately owned electric utilities called Central Maine Power and Versant Power and, which would be run by an elected board. Supporters of the proposal have criticized the private utilities for poor performance and high rates. Opponents say the proposal to buy out the existing utilities comes with too high a price tag — $13.5 billion.Maine will hold a statewide referendum election on Tuesday. Polls close at 8 p.m. ET.
Maine does not have automatic recounts, but voters can request one for a statewide ballot question by getting at least 200 registered voters to sign a petition within eight business days after the election. The state will pay for the recount if the margin between the yes and the no votes is 1% or less of the total votes cast, or not more than 1,000 votes, whichever is less.As of November 2022, there were 1.1 million voters registered in Maine.
As of Wednesday, more than 56,000 voters had cast ballots before Election Day, 47% from Democrats, 26% from Republicans and 23% from voters not affiliated with any party. In the 2021 referendum election, 27% of the vote was cast before Election Day.In the 2022 general election, the AP first reported results at 8:08 p.m. ET, or eight minutes after polls closed. The election night tabulation ended at 3:22 a.m. ET with about 83% of total votes counted.
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