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Question 1: Citizen’s Intiative
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?
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 243,943 59.20%
No 168,143 40.80%
Valid votes 412,086 99.05%
Invalid or blank votes 3,969 0.95%
Total votes 416,055 100.00%

Results by counties
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For

  65.0%–74.99%
  55.0%–64.99%
  50%–54.99%

Against

  65.0%–74.99%
  55.0%–64.99%
  50%–54.99%

2021 Maine Question 1 was a ballot question initiated by citizens of Maine that looked to block the construction of "high-impact" power lines in the Upper Kennebec Region of Maine, and to require a 2/3rds vote of the legislature in order to build "high-impact" power lines elsewhere in the state. 63,067 signatures were needed for the measure to be considered, and around 96,000 signatures were collected. However, only around 80,000 were deemed to be valid. [1]

After the Maine State Legislature voted that it would not pass the bill, it was added to the ballot, [2] along with 2 other ballot questions, and a state house special election in district 86.

Background

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Collection of Signatures

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In late October of 2020, Tom Saviello, a former Maine State Senator, started a formal campaign to collect enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Maine’s signature requirement for citizen's initiatives is 10% of the votes in the last Maine election for governor. [3]Mainers for Local Power, a group supporting the initiative, hired Revolution Field Strategies to collect signatures. After the 2020 election, the campaign reported collecting 23,000 signatures on election day alone. [4] In mid-February, about 3 and a half months after the campaign started, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows reported that the campaign had collected enough valid votes for the initiative to be put onto the ballot. [5]


Notable Endorsements

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For:

Against:

Janet Mills, incumbent governor of Maine [6]

Jennifer Granholm, United States Secretary of Energy [7]

Bangor Daily News [8]

VotenotoprotectMaine.com [9]

Portland Press Herald [10]

Election Day

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Election by County

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Breakdown of voting by county
County Yes Votes No Votes
Androscoggin 59.89% 17,411 40.10% 11,659
Aroostook 48.27% 7,189 51.72% 7,703
Cumberland 57.63% 57,353 42.36% 42,164
Franklin 70.09% 7,191 29.90% 3,068
Hancock 61.15% 12,061 38.84% 7,660
Kennebec 60.36% 23,190 39.63% 15,229
Knox 62.86% 8,933 37.13% 5,277
Lincoln 59.74% 8,158 40.25% 5,496
Oxford 64.59% 10,923 35.40% 5,988
Penobscot 54.92% 21,620 45.07% 17,742
Piscataquis 56.77% 2,989 43.22% 2,276
Sagadahoc 61.56% 8,584 38.43% 5,359
Somerset 63.32% 9,228 36.67% 5,344
Waldo 60.78% 8,034 39.21% 5,182
Washington 56.23% 4,467 43.76% 3,477
York 59.83% 36,239 40.16% 24,323
Total 59.19% 243,943 40.80% 167,143

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Description

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This page is currently being used to write an article about Question 1 on the ballot in Maine in november of 2021.

notes while drafting article

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  1. bcf4ac = 50%
  2. 97f17e = 60%
  3. 5bea33 = 70%

^^^^ Yes

  1. 6d97e9 = 50%
  2. 4279e4 = 6o%
  3. 165ce6 = 70%

^^^^ No

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/2020_Maine_Question_1 (For graph of county votes)

https://ballotpedia.org/Maine_Question_1,_Electric_Transmission_Line_Restrictions_and_Legislative_Approval_Initiative_(2021)#Stages_of_this_initiative

https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2020-10-30/new-anti-cmp-corridor-campaign-can-begin-collecting-petition-signatures

References

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  1. ^ "Maine Question 1, Electric Transmission Line Restrictions and Legislative Approval Initiative (2021)". Ballotpedia. Ballotpedia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Actions for LD 1295". State of Maine Legislature. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Laws governing the initiative process in Maine". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Maine Question 1, Electric Transmission Line Restrictions and Legislative Approval Initiative (2021)". Ballotpedia. Ballotpedia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. ^ Andrews, Caitlin (February 22, 2021). "New anti-CMP corridor referendum makes Maine's November ballot". Bangor Daily News. Bangor Publishing Company. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Governor Mills: Why I voted No on Question One". Maine.gov. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  7. ^ Jennifer Granholm. Twitter https://twitter.com/SecGranholm/status/1453798870903787520. Retrieved 20 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "No on Question 1: The referendum is an overreach that could have far reaching consequences". Bangor Daily News. {{cite news}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
  9. ^ "Vote no to protect Maine". Votenotoprotectmaine.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Our Endorsement: Vote 'no' on Question 1 to fight climate change". Portland Press Herald. October 24, 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022. {{cite news}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
  11. ^ "2021 Question 1 Results". Maine.gov. Retrieved 8 February 2022.