FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Contact: Emily Cook
207-441-0405

Secretary Bellows announces question order for November referendum election ballot

AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows today 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.

The questions are:

• Question 1 – Citizen Initiative
  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?
• Question 2 – Bond Issue
  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?
• Question 3 – Constitutional Amendment
  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 for additional information. The Absentee Ballot Request Service 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.

Maine citizens who need to register to vote can access the Maine Voter Registration application on our website and submit their completed form via mail to their municipal clerk.