2023 Maine Question 1

Referendum
Choice
Votes %
Yes 259,444 65.46%
No 136,897 34.54%
Total votes 396,341 100.00%
Elections in Maine
U.S. President
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
People's vetoes
2009
Question 1
2011
Question 1
2018
Question 1 (Jun)
2020
Question 1
Citizen initiated referendums
2012
Question 1
2014
Question 1
2015
Question 1
2016
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
2017
Question 1
Question 2
2018
Question 1 (Nov)
2021
Question 1
2023
Question 1
Constitutional amendments
2021
Question 3
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  • e

On November 7, 2023, as an indirect initiated state statute, Maine Question 1, the Voter Approval of Borrowing Above $1 Billion by State Entities and Electric Cooperatives Initiative, was put to a vote. This ballot measure requires voter approval before any state agencies, municipal electric districts, electrification cooperatives, or consumer-owned transmission utilities could take on debt totaling more than $1 billion.[1] It also needs the state treasurer to provide a statement outlining the estimated cost of the increased debt to go along with the ballot question.[2] The measure was approved in a landslide victory with nearly a two-thirds approval vote.

References

  1. ^ "Maine ballot Questions 1 and 3 focus on state's electric utilities". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  2. ^ "Maine Question 1, Voter Approval of Borrowing Above $1 Billion by State Entities and Electric Cooperatives Initiative (2023)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2023-11-05.

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