November ballot measures set

Bangor Daily News: The Secretary of State’s Office announced on Thursday the lineup of questions that will appear on the ballot this November. The Nov. 3 ballot will be led by a question asking whether Maine voters want to repeal the law, passed earlier this year, that would allow same-sex couples to marry in the state. The law was scheduled to take effect Sept. 12 but was suspended on Wednesday after Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap certified that opponents had gathered enough valid signatures to force a statewide vote. Question 2 will ask voters whether they want to reduce Maine’s excise tax on cars less than 6 years old and exempt hybrid vehicles from the sales tax and three years of excise taxes. Question 3 focuses on whether voters want to repeal the controversial school consolidation law that was passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. John Baldacci in 2007. The fourth ballot measure, known as the Taxpayers Bill of Rights II, or TABOR II, proposes to limit state and local government spending and would require voter approval of tax increases. Question 5 will ask voters whether they support expanding Maine’s medical marijuana law to include more illnesses as well as setting up state-licensed dispensaries of the drug. Right now, supporters of Maine’s 10-year-old medical marijuana law say there is no legal way for patients holding a prescription to purchase the drug.

The final two items on the November ballot are a $71 million bond proposal for transportation projects and a constitutional amendment that would give municipal clerks more time to certify signatures for initiative petitions.

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