| Year |
Subject |
Yes |
No |
| 1910 |
Establishing a uniform standard for percentage of alcohol in intoxicating liquor |
31,093 |
40,475 |
| 1910 |
To divide town of York and establish town of Gorges |
19,692 |
34,722 |
| 1910 |
Relating to the reconstruction of Portland Bridge |
21,250 |
29,851 |
| 1912 |
Providing for a uniform ballot box and preservation of ballots |
72,816 |
33,884 |
| 1914 |
To create a Public Utility Commission and regulate and control public utilities |
67,365 |
37,008 |
| 1916 |
State and county aid in the construction of highways |
96,677 |
14,138 |
| 1916 |
To establish a fifty-hour work week for women and minors |
95,591 |
40,252 |
| 1920 |
To grant women the right to vote for presidential electors |
88,080 |
30,462 |
| 1922 |
To create a full time Highway Commission |
56,822 |
60,258 |
| 1925 |
To incorporate Dexter Cooper (to develop Passamaquoddy) |
53,547 |
7,220 |
| 1925 |
Standard time defined |
34,414 |
28,454 |
| 1925 |
To establish grades of milk |
19,607 |
38,056 |
| 1928 |
To levy an excise tax on railroads |
119,762 |
52,350 |
| 1929 |
To permit export of surplus hydroelectric power |
54,070 |
64,044 |
| 1929 |
To increase the gas tax |
35,130 |
79,930 |
| 1931 |
Administrative code |
41,077 |
30,368 |
| 1932 |
To increase the gas tax |
24,008 |
195,922 |
| 1934 |
Relative to the transportation of intoxicating liquor |
141,259 |
82,877 |
| 1935 |
To create the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge District |
22,205 |
7,813 |
| 1936 |
Relative to resident hunting and fishing licenses |
132,400 |
113,634 |
| 1937 |
To provide revenue for Old Age Assistance and a minimum educational program |
41,482 |
80,449 |
| 1940 |
Elections in Biddeford regulated |
70,412 |
70,226 |
| 1940 |
To provide for a Biddeford Police Commission |
69,933 |
67,179 |
| 1941 |
To increase the gas tax |
14,520 |
32,131 |
| 1946 |
To authorize a soldiers’ bonus and provide revenue therefor |
60,544 |
109,450 |
| 1951 S |
Highway bond issue |
36,661 |
16,839 |
| 1951 S |
Bond issue for Bangor-Brewer Bridge |
29,552 |
21,940 |
| 1951 S |
Bond issue for Lewiston-Auburn Bridge |
23,088 |
28,010 |
| 1951 S |
To make Fore River Bridge a toll bridge |
21,648 |
31,069 |
| 1955 S |
Bond issue of $1,000,000 for bridge across Jonesport Reach |
22,204 |
8,550 |
| 1957 S |
Bond issue of $24,000,000 for building highways |
74,285 |
24,739 |
| 1957 S |
Bond issue of $2,500,000 for ferry service to North Haven, Vinal-haven, Islesboro and Swan’s Island |
68,188 |
30,363 |
| 1958 M |
Increasing fees for operators’ licenses and motor vehicle registration (invoked by petition) |
22,495 |
106,840 |
| 1959 O |
Bond issue of $3,900,000 for bridge across Passagassawaukeag at Belfast |
36,662 |
13,471 |
| 1959 O |
Bond issue of $13,000,000 for highway construction |
39,305 |
11,398 |
| 1959 O |
Bond issue of $10,000,000 for University of Maine |
42,133 |
9,560 |
| 1959 O |
Bond issue of $3,950,000 for capital improvements |
39,367 |
11,660 |
| 1959 O |
Ferry service for Long Island Plantation |
36,886 |
12,635 |
| 1961 O |
Bond issue of $6,000,000 for State highways |
29,511 |
11,554 |
| 1961 O |
Bond issue of $2,600,000 for self-liquidating student housing at teachers’ colleges |
31,256 |
9,778 |
| 1962 J |
Bond issue of $1,500,000 for educational television for Maine |
59,574 |
49,134 |
| 1963 N |
Bond issue of $475,000 for student dining facility at Maine Maritime Academy |
48,648 |
22,985 |
| 1963 N |
Bond issue of $7,000,000 for highway construction |
50,356 |
22,435 |
| 1963 N |
Bond issue of $1,433,000 for student housing at teachers’ colleges |
50,558 |
20,881 |
| 1963 N |
Bond issue of $8,422,000 for capital improvements |
42,816 |
27,189 |
| 1963 N |
Bond issue of $3,000,000 for Chebeague Island bridge and causeways |
21,626 |
49,699 |
| 1964 N |
Bond issue of $25,000,000 for constructing and equipping pollution abatement facilities |
222,242 |
81,464 |
| 1965 N |
Bond issue of $3,960,000 for self-liquidating student housing at teachers’ colleges and vocational-technical schools |
40,116 |
8,467 |
| 1965 N |
Bond issue of $9,600,000 for highway construction |
38,244 |
10,043 |
| 1965 N |
Bond issue of $6,000,000 for housing construction at University of Maine |
38,033 |
10,043 |
| 1965 N |
Bond issue of $6,970,000 for capital improvements at University of Maine |
37,416 |
10,522 |
| 1965 N |
Bond issue of $500,000 for Boys’ Training Center, Maine State Prison, Stevens School, construction and renovation |
40,299 |
7,793 |
| 1965 N |
Bond issue of $500,000 to establish York County Regional Vocational Education Center |
29,461 |
17,942 |
| 1966 F |
Sunday sale of liquor in hotels and restaurants |
101,086 |
102,392 |
| 1966 J |
Bond issue of $2,500,000 for office building for State Highway Commission |
53,641 |
78,627 |
| 1966 J |
Bond issue of $2,950,000 for construction and improvement of airports |
62,644 |
69,842 |
| 1966 N |
Bond issue of $4,800,000 for construction of Cultural Building |
147,876 |
121,542 |
| 1966 N |
Bond issue of $1,500,000 for Allagash Waterway |
184,937 |
85,354 |
| 1967 S |
Bond issue of $3,000,000 for reconstruction of Route 6 |
40,415 |
51,174 |
| 1967 S |
Bond issue of $350,000 for construction of Regional Care Facility for Severely Retarded at Bangor State Hospital |
75,483 |
17,497 |
| 1967 S |
Bond issue of $4,500,000 for Auburn-Lewiston Bridge |
36,444 |
55,434 |
| 1967 S |
Bond issue of $6,715,000 for self-liquidating student housing at state colleges and vocational-technical schools |
60,496 |
31,358 |
| 1967 S |
Bond issue of $2,837,500 for construction, extension and improvement of airports |
48,613 |
42,290 |
| 1967 S |
Bond issue of $6,380,000 for school building construction at Regional Technical and Vocational Centers |
61,593 |
30,061 |
| 1967 S |
Bond issue of $1,800,000 for construction of Research and Advanced Studies Building at University of Maine in Portland |
48,913 |
42,419 |
| 1967 S |
Bond issue of $16,710,000 for capital improvements |
43,742 |
47,061 |
| 1967 N |
Bond issue of $415,000 for contsruction at Fort Kent State College |
49,069 |
32,862 |
| 1967 N |
Bond issue of $4,815,000 for classrooms at state colleges and vocational-technical schools |
58,301 |
24,883 |
| 1967 N |
Bond issue of $1,420,000 to enlarge mental and correctional institutions |
68,596 |
15,022 |
| 1967 N |
Bond issue of $6,320,000 for classrooms at University of Maine |
55,736 |
27,388 |
| 1968 J |
Bond issue of $384,000 to construct and modernize school at Three Indians Reservation, and for water and sewage at Indian Township, Princeton |
78,304 |
16,817 |
| 1968 J |
Bond issue of $850,000 for dormitory at Maine Maritime Academy |
64,431 |
27,576 |
| 1968 J |
Bond issue of $955,000 for women’s dormitory at Farmington State College |
64,129 |
27,617 |
| 1968 N |
Bond issue of $62,800,000 for highway construction |
246,291 |
82,767 |
| 1968 N |
Bond issue of $4,000,000 for Maine State Park and Recreation Area Fund |
225,192 |
97,443 |
| 1968 N |
Bond issue of $180,000 for residence facility for mentally retarded children in Aroostook County |
270,576 |
58,305 |
| 1968 N |
Bond issue of $4,500,000 for Auburn-Lewiston Bridge |
199,221 |
127,084 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $7,540,000 for construction at University of Maine |
70,949 |
74,520 |
| 1969 N |
Reallocate funds for Norridgewock Airport |
54,876 |
83,845 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $210,000 for construction at Camp Waban, York Co. |
64,411 |
76,711 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $22,000,000 for Foundation Program school subsidies |
84,505 |
57,799 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $310,000 for water and sewage facilities at Indian reservations |
90,713 |
52,997 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $100,000 for Matinicus Island docking facilities |
43,732 |
95,997 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $9,800,000 for school building construction and $800,000 for Regional Technical and Vocational centers |
73,589 |
67,997 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $50,000,000 for pollution abatement facilities |
75,790 |
66,921 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $770,000 for construction and improvement of vocational facilities at Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Maine Vocational Technical Institutes, and educational facilities at Maine Maritime Academy, and the Unorganized Territory schools and Indian schools |
75,499 |
66,281 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $1,900,000 for State Park and forestry facilities and Marine Research Laboratory |
60,647 |
79,909 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $21,515,000 for highway construction |
66,296 |
74,218 |
| 1969 N |
Bond issue of $2,515,000 for construction and improvement of facilities at Mental Health and Corrections institutions |
104,030 |
39,115 |
| 1969 N |
Amend bond issue acts as to limitations of interest |
69,013 |
63,793 |
| 1970 M |
Bond issue of $19,000,000 for highway construction |
65,235 |
53,390 |
| 1970 J |
Amend bond issue act as to limitation of interest on bonds for York County Regional Vocational Education Center |
80,315 |
52,646 |
| 1970 J |
Bond issue of $3,825,000 for construction of new facilities at the Vocational-Technical Institutes, and a diagnostic facility for the Boys’ Training Center |
96,368 |
42,785 |
| 1970 J |
Bond issue of $14,985,000 for construction at University of Maine |
62,952 |
76,145 |
| 1970 J |
Money appropriated for Gould Building at Boys’ Training Center |
93,129 |
43,738 |
| 1970 N |
Bond Issue of $30,000,000 to reconstruct Route 6 |
80,489 |
202,120 |
| 1970 N |
Bond issue of $50,000,000 for school building construction |
160,681 |
121,196 |
| 1970 N |
Bond issue of $4,000,000 for removal of prohibited oil discharges |
172,378 |
105,881 |
| 1970 N |
Repealing interest on unissued bonds for water pollution abatement |
175,111 |
82,789 |
| 1971 N |
Repeal income tax (initiated) |
63,393 |
190,261 |
| 1972 J |
To change form of ballot (initiated) |
110,867 |
64,506 |
| 1972 J |
Bond issue of $3,850,000 for Vocational Technical Institutes and Indian reservation schools |
102,511 |
69,793 |
| 1972 J |
Bond issue of $2,985,000 for facilities at mental health institutions |
136,669 |
40,837 |
| 1972 J |
Bond issue of $4,000,000 for toll bridge, Waterville-Winslow |
64,776 |
109,004 |
| 1972 J |
Bond issue of $3,090,000 for State Park facilities, airports |
87,306 |
85,989 |
| 1972 N |
Bond issue of $10,300,000 for state highways |
259,313 |
127,656 |
| 1972 N |
Bond issue of $8,360,000 for University of Maine (7 campuses) classroom facilities |
212,847 |
168,469 |
| 1972 N |
Reallocate funds for Auburn-Lewiston and Oxford County airports |
139,012 |
222,343 |
| 1973 N |
Provide for State Lottery |
154,911 |
90,433 |
| 1973 N |
Bond issue of $3,000,000 for acquisition of real property for state parks |
150,497 |
87,999 |
| 1974 J |
Bond issue of $4,000,000 to create Maine Inland Fisheries and Game Acquisition Fund |
122,046 |
56,323 |
| 1974 N |
Change weights & related provisions for commercial vehicles |
123,501 |
197,946 |
| 1974 N |
Bond issue of $7,800,000 to build state highways |
255,141 |
93,602 |
| 1974 N |
Bond issue of $25,000,000 for school building construction |
206,097 |
127,159 |
| 1975 N |
Bond issue of $900,000 for University of Maine housing renovation |
91,719 |
57,484 |
| 1975 N |
Bond issue of $13,600,000 for highway and bridge improvement |
106,619 |
43,282 |
| 1976 N |
Require minimum 5 cent deposit on returnable beverage containers |
274,164 |
200,200 |
| 1977 N |
Bond issue of $30,000,000 for pollution abatement facilities |
125,760 |
86,039 |
| 1977 N |
Bond issue of $300,000 for Maine Maritime Academy renovation |
100,512 |
112,075 |
| 1977 N |
Bond issue of $5,965,000 for renovation of University of Maine |
106,796 |
107,832 |
| 1977 N |
Bond issue of $3,748,000 for vocational institutes construction |
134,101 |
80,034 |
| 1977 N |
Bond issue of $10,000,000 for energy conservation in state buildings |
131,514 |
80,178 |
| 1977 N |
Bond issue of $1,800,000 for airport improvements |
116,745 |
95,591 |
|
Bond issue of $11,500,000 for highway and bridge improvement |
147,569 |
66,722 |
| 1977 N |
Bond issue of $2,100,000 to establish Maine Veterans home |
121,836 |
92,153 |
| 1978 N |
Bond issue of $2,100,000 to establish dormitory at NMVTI |
191,888 |
139,486 |
| 1979 N |
Bond issue of $16,500,000 for highway & bridge improvements |
187,734 |
72,817 |
| 1979 N |
Bond issue of $11,810,000 for public fish piers, airports, and other transportation improvements |
173,349 |
85,086 |
| 1979 N |
Bond issue of $2,500,000 for energy conservation improvements for local government buildings |
156,968 |
99,157 |
| 1980 J |
Bond issue of $8,000,000 for improvements to vocational-technical institutes and the Maine Maritime Academy |
67,011 |
44,345 |
| 1980 N |
Bond issue of $4,000,000 for court facilities improvements |
173,485 |
296,837 |
| 1980 N |
Bond issue of $7,000,000 for energy conservation improvements for public school buildings and the University of Maine |
317,033 |
160,067 |
| 1981 N |
Bond issue of $33,300,000 for agricultural and economic development |
134,261 |
100,840 |
| 1981 N |
Bond issue of $12,300,000 for bridge and highway improvements |
163,180 |
72,251 |
| 1981 N |
Bond issue of $2,000,000 for energy conservation improvements |
133,514 |
99,251 |
| 1981 N |
Bond issue of $1,500,000 for development of state park facilities |
113,118 |
119,900 |
| 1981 N |
Bond issue of $1,000,000 for resource conservation and recovery systems |
139,255 |
92,060 |
| 1981 N |
Bond issue of $600,000 for Maine Public Broadcasting Network |
111,575 |
119,603 |
| 1983 N |
Bond issue of $720,000 for physical access to county courthouses for the handicapped |
182,039 |
112,916 |
| 1983 N |
Bond issue of $24,600,000 for bridge and highway improvements |
218,995 |
78,019 |
| 1983 N |
Bond issue of $21,094,000 for a wide assortment of State projects |
141,706 |
149,378 |
| 1983 N |
Bond issue of $11,875,000 for economic development projects |
161,231 |
127,860 |
| 1984 J |
Bond issue of $15,735,000 to clean up polluted waters and hazardous waste (Spec.) 6/12/84 |
66,430 |
24,271 |
| 1984 N |
Bond issue of $13,425,000 for buildings at the vocational-technical institutes and a tugboat at the Maine Maritime Academy |
280,529 |
238,172 |
| 1984 N |
Bond issue of $6,000,000 to build courthouses |
224,348 |
293,290 |
| 1984 N |
Bond issue of $16,500,000 for buildings at the University of Maine |
299,385 |
223,489 |
| 1984 N |
Bond issue of $10,035,000 to build and repair prisons |
276,886 |
242,341 |
| 1985 N |
Bond issue of $15,000,000 for construction of sewage treatment and water quality improvement facilities and for the cleanup and restoration of oil contaminated ground water and well water in communities throughout the State? |
130,714 |
58,077 |
| 1985 N |
Bond issue of $4,300,000 to build and equip centers for advanced technology that support the growth of new and existing business and industry |
88,111 |
99,393 |
| 1985 N |
Bond issue of $20,000,000 for highway, bridge and airport improvements |
137,560 |
52,919 |
| 1985 N |
Bond issue of $850,000 for the acquisition, lease or rehabilitation of certain rail lines in Maine |
97,022 |
92,025 |
| 1985 N |
Bond issue of $2,000,000 for the restoration and preservation of historic buildings |
98,863 |
90,540 |
| 1985 N |
Bond issue of $2,200,000 to purchase equipment and land for vocational-technical institutes |
124,029 |
65,469 |
| 1986 N |
Bond issue of $16,000,000 to build, repair or renovate state correctional facilities |
222,679 |
180,787 |
| 1986 N |
Bond issue of $12,000,000 to provide for sewer treatment facilities |
229,580 |
170,584 |
| 1986 N |
Bond issue of $6,000,000 for additional school construction projects to comply with the education reform law and for construction of an activity building at Augusta Mental Health Institute |
244,485 |
157,472 |
| 1986 N |
Bond issue of $6,000,000 to provide funds to identify and correct asbestos problems in state facilities |
214,996 |
184,759 |
| 1986 N |
Bond issue of $10,000,000 to provide for acquisition of land for coastal access, harbor improvements, Maine State Ferry improvements and improvements to the State’s Marine Laboratory at McKown Point, Boothbay Harbor |
197,396 |
200,725 |
| 1986 N |
Bond issue of $3,100,000 to provide for armory expansion, rehabilitation and construction |
126,236 |
269,886 |
| 1986 N |
Bond issue of $5,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring wildlife habitat and land for public outdoor recreation |
248,891 |
151,822 |
| 1986 N |
Bond issue in the amount of $7,700,000 to upgrade facilities in the University of Maine System |
227,751 |
173,527 |
| 1987 N |
Do you favor a $8,000,000 bond issue for cleaning up and closing solid waste landfills that pose a hazard to public health and to ground water quality? |
273,837 |
115,727 |
| 1987 N |
Shall a bond issue be authorized in the amount of $8,300,000 for construction of sewage treatment facilities in communities throughout the State? |
217,274 |
166,381 |
| 1987 N |
Shall the State create the Maine Job Development Program to be funded with a $6,000,000 bond issue? |
129,433 |
251,423 |
| 1987 N |
Do you favor a $3,100,000 bond issue for pier reconstruction at the Maine Maritime Academy? |
183,399 |
202,817 |
| 1987 N |
Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue for removal of oil storage tanks and related ground water restoration? |
211,491 |
171,120 |
| 1987 N |
Do you favor a $8,000,000 bond issue for capital repairs and improvements to state facilities and the removal of asbestos from state facilities? |
147,300 |
234,239 |
| 1987 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue for acquisition of school buses for Maine public schools? |
206,136 |
179,740 |
| 1987 N |
Do you favor a $26,500,000 bond issue for highway, bridge and airport improvements and to reduce ground water pollution resulting from the storage of state and municipally-owned highway materials? |
232,407 |
142,465 |
| 1987 N |
Shall a bond issue for the purchase of public land access for Maine’s people in the amount of $35,000,000 to be issued over a period of 4 years be approved? |
246,975 |
133,411 |
| 1987 N |
Do you favor a $6,000,000 bond issue for detection and removal of asbestos hazards in state facilities and public schools? |
212,267 |
163,455 |
| 1988 N |
Shall a bond issue be authorized in the amount of $3,200,000 for establishment of a statewide E-9-1-1 system?” |
271,383 |
243,511 |
| 1988 N |
Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue to build, repair or renovate public safety facilities? |
270,433 |
251,333 |
| 1988 N |
Do you favor a $13,000,000 bond issue for the investigation, abatement, clean up and mitigation of uncontrolled hazardous substance sites, for cleaning up and closing solid waste landfills and for the removal of underground oil storage tanks, all of which pose a hazard to public health, the environment and ground water quality? |
372,834 |
157,343 |
| 1988 N |
Do you favor a $12,000,000 bond issue for sewerage facilities construction? |
281,720 |
236,471 |
| 1988 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue for the establishment of an Adaptive Equipment Loan Program which would enable persons with disabilities to purchase adaptive equipment necessary to their independence? |
343,742 |
181,179 |
| 1988 N |
Do you favor a $36,800,000 bond issue for the construction and upgrading of libraries, classrooms, laboratories and other educational facilities at all branches of the University of Maine System? |
294,037 |
237,378 |
| 1989 N |
Shall a bond issue be authorized in the amount of $14,500,000 to build and repair correctional facilities, $9,520,000 of which shall be for juvenile correctional facilities? |
124,556 |
108,978 |
| 1989 N |
Shall a bond issue be authorized in the amount of $35,000,000 to build, repair or renovate adult correctional facilities? |
94,223 |
136,362 |
| 1989 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to fund grants to solid waste regional commissions and municipalities to pay for the capital costs associated with purchasing recycling equipment and facilities? |
136,873 |
87,093 |
| 1989 N |
Shall a bond issue be authorized in the amount of $20,210,600 to make capital improvements at all campuses of the Maine Vocational Technical Institute System? |
139,124 |
95,154 |
| 1989 N |
Do you favor a $4,400,000 bond issue for sewerage facilities construction? |
124,631 |
106,976 |
| 1989 N |
Do you favor a $21,000,000 bond issue for highway, state and local bridges, harbor and airport improvements? |
152,148 |
82,548 |
| 1989 N |
Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue to provide funds that would be available, through grants and a loan fund, for programs serving persons with mental illness? |
131,840 |
100,668 |
| 1989 N |
Do you favor a $12,000,000 bond issue for detection a removal of asbestos and other health-related indoor air quality hazards in state facilities and public schools and removal of hazardous chemicals from public schools? |
134,345 |
99,394 |
| 1989 N |
Do you favor a $6,000,000 bond issue for cleaning up and closing solid waste landfills that pose a hazard to public health and to ground water quality? |
162,246 |
69,994 |
| 1989 N |
Shall a bond issue in the amount of $15,000,000 be approved to enhance affordable housing opportunities for the people of the State of Maine? |
125,154 |
106,095 |
| 1990 N |
Do you favor a $4,500,000 bond issue for the acquisition of certain rail lines, rail trackage rights or easements or ancillary rights and interests for the establishment preservation and operation of rail service in Maine? |
256,727 |
243,579 |
| 1990 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue for the correction of major maintenance problems of an emergency nature in public schools? |
270,636 |
231,169 |
| 1990 N |
Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue for the investigation, abatement, clean up and mitigation of uncontrolled hazardous substance sites that pose a hazard to public health, the environment and ground water quality? |
320,740 |
182,227 |
| 1990 N |
Shall a bond issue for the purchase of public lands to provide access for Maine’s people and for construction to replace Churchill Dam in the amount of $19,000,000 be approved? |
205,454 |
289,194 |
| 1990 N |
Shall a bond issue be authorized in the amount of $20,250,000 to build, purchase, plan and renovate correctional facilities and to study future operation needs? |
187,622 |
306,887 |
| 1990 N |
Do you favor a $9,000,000 bond issue for construction of water pollution control facilities? |
285,358 |
212,222 |
| 1990 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue for the restoration and preservation of historic buildings open to the public and needed improvements at state parks and historic sites needed to protect the public health and safety and to provide access for persons with disabilities? |
236,378 |
260,045 |
| 1991 N |
Do you favor a $5,500,000 bond issue for construction, purchasing and renovation of correctional facilities? |
132,898 |
242,760 |
| 1991 N |
Do you favor a $16,500,000 bond issue to help municipalities and water districts with the costs of capital construction to protect public water supply and to provide funds for the constructions of water pollution control facilities? |
164,283 |
210,523 |
| 1991 N |
Do you favor a $7,500,000 bond issue for use in providing financing assistance to Maine’s natural resource and other industries for job retention and job creation? |
139,848 |
233,399 |
| 1991 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue for the purchase of outstanding recreational and scenic lands, wildlife habitat conservation and increasing public access for Maine’s people? |
161,456 |
214,929 |
| 1991 N |
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to fund grants and loans to municipalities and regional associations for purchasing recycling equipment and facilities and for cleaning up and closing solid waste landfills that pose a hazard to public health and to ground water quality? |
185,577 |
190,078 |
| 1991 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue for major renovations and improvements at state parks and for the preservation of historic buildings open to the public? |
122,721 |
253,267 |
| 1991 N |
Do you favor a $29,700,000 bond issue for improvements to highways, state and local bridges, airports, state ferry vessels and harbors, which makes the State eligible for up to $103,000,000 in matching federal funds? |
223,135 |
152,110 |
| 1992 J |
Do you favor a $37,000,000 bond issue for municipal and other infrastructure improvements and activities designed to create and preserve jobs? |
103,718 |
66,358 |
| 1992 J |
Do you favor a $42,000,000 bond issue to create and protect jobs through capital improvements in transportation facilities? |
98,577 |
69,611 |
| 1992 N |
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to fund loans and grants to municipalities and regional associations for purchasing recycling equipment and facilities and for the closure and remediation of municipal solid waste landfills? |
331,404 |
307,194 |
| 1992 N |
Do you favor a $6,000,000 bond issue to help municipalities pay for the repair and improvement of publicly owned port facilities? |
159,045 |
467,669 |
| 1992 N |
Do you favor a $8,000,000 bond issue for capital repairs to state facilities to meet health and safety codes and comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards? |
238,324 |
392,847 |
| 1992 N |
Do you favor a $12,000,000 bond issue for the construction of water pollution control facilities, providing the state match for approximately $30,000,000 in federal money? |
377,975 |
255,139 |
| 1992 N |
Do you favor a $9,985,000 bond issue to fund the payment of tuition for unemployed Maine citizens enrolled as full-time students in eligible programs at Maine’s technical colleges? |
285,473 |
351,223 |
| 1992 N |
Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue for the acquisition of certain rail lines to ensure the continuation of rail services in rural Piscataquis, Penobscot and Waldo counties? |
244,332 |
387,199 |
| 1993 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to provide funds for the closure and remediation of municipal solid waste landfills? |
125,629 |
105,008 |
| 1993 N |
Do you favor a $39,500,000 bond issue for improvements to highways, state and local bridges, airports, cargo ports and the ferry service, which make the State eligible for up to $125,500,000 in matching federal funds? |
165,382 |
68,541 |
| 1993 N |
Do you favor a $15,150,000 bond issue for the construction of water pollution control facilities which will provide the match for $20,000,000 in federal money? |
149,673 |
82,488 |
| 1993 N |
Do you approve of the interstate compact to be made with Texas, Maine and Vermont for the disposal of the State’s low-level radioactive waste at a proposed facility in the State of Texas? |
170,411 |
63,672 |
| 1994 N |
Do you favor a $9,000,000 bond issue for the following purposes: |
248,660 |
236,088 |
|
(1) Four million dollars for construction of local water pollution control facilities, providing the state match for $20,000,000 in federal funds;
(2) $1,000,000 for the Small Community Program; and
(3) Four million dollars to provide for the investigation, abatement and mitigation of threats to the public health and environment from uncontrolled hazardous substances sites or other hazardous waste discharges?” |
| 1994 N |
Do you favor a $20,000,000 bond issue to protect the State’s drinking water resources by granting funds to cities and towns for the capping of their solid waste landfills? |
276,476 |
211,600 |
| 1994 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue for academic improvements at the University of Maine System, including the enhancement of instructional technology and distance learning? |
199,819 |
286,053 |
| 1994 N |
Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue to create and retain Maine jobs through the establishment of community, regional and state business financing programs? |
249,699 |
233,784 |
| 1994 N |
Do you favor transportation bond issues totaling $21,300,000 to provide the state share of costs to improve rail and port facilities, which will make the State eligible for federal and private funds, to build municipal and state sand and salt storage facilities and to remove underground fuel tanks at Department of Transportation and State Police facilities? |
220,690 |
262,578 |
| 1994 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to purchase up-to-date training equipment at Maine’s technical colleges of which $1,500,000 must be matched by private or in-kind donations? |
253,186 |
232,504 |
| 1994 N |
Do you favor a $2,000,000 bond issue for safety improvements at the Baxter School for the Deaf? |
247,400 |
239,034 |
| 1994 N |
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue for the improvement and expansion of fish hatcheries? |
238,092 |
249,142 |
| 1995 N |
Do you favor a $58,900,000 bond issue for economic development for improvements to highways, state and local bridges, airports and cargo ports that makes the State eligible for up to $138,000,000 in matching federal funds? |
289,614 |
121,983 |
| 1995 N |
Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue to fund local telecommunications infrastructure and classroom technology equipment to enhance interactive telecommunications capabilities and student learning opportunities in the State’s schools? |
245,464 |
165,129 |
| 1995 N |
Do you favor a $4,000,000 bond issue for the acquisition construction or rehabilitation of housing, including subsidized apartments for people with mental illness? |
230,359 |
177,836 |
| 1995 N |
Do you favor a $14,000,000 bond issue for the following purposes: $10,000,000 to protect the State’s drinking water resources by granting funds to cities and towns for the proper capping of their solid waste landfills; $1,000,000 for the small community program; and $3,000,000 for the removal of state-owned underground storage tanks? |
250,574 |
156,996 |
| 1995 N |
Do you favor requiring all persons to use safety belts in motor vehicles? |
208,164 |
204,928 |
| 1996 J |
Do you favor a $4,905,316 bond issue for a statewide library information system? |
98,452 |
90,108 |
| 1996 N |
Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue to make capital improvements at state parks and historic sites? |
342,116 |
234,023 |
| 1996 N |
Do you favor a $16,500,000 bond issue for the following purposes: |
352,924 |
221,542 |
|
(1) $2,500,000 to investigate, abate and clean up threats to the public health and the environment from hazardous substance discharges;
(2) $5,000,000 to protect the public health, safety and the environment by providing funds for the cleanup of tire stockpiles; and
(3) $9,000,000 to protect the State’s drinking water resources by granting funds to cities and towns for the closure and cleanup of their solid waste landfills? |
| 1996 N |
Do you favor a $11,000,000 bond issue to encourage job growth and economic vitality by providing access to capital for agricultural enterprises and small businesses with a significant potential for growth and job creation? |
370,978 |
202,432 |
| 1996 N |
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue for the following purposes: (1) $8,000,000 to construct water pollution control facilities, providing the state match for $10,000,000 in federal funds; and (2) $2,000,000 to address environmental health deficiencies in drinking water supplies? |
360,888 |
209,300 |
| 1997 N |
Do you want the Compact for Maine’s Forests to become law to promote sustainable forest management practices throughout the state? |
164,573 |
182,368 |
| 1997 N |
Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue, which will match $15,000,000 in federal funds, to construct water pollution control facilities, to clean up tire stockpiles and to make drinking water improvements? |
236,170 |
107,523 |
| 1997 N |
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to provide funding for Adaptive Equipment Loan Program fund, which provides loans to individuals with disabilities to purchase adaptive equipment and to small businesses to improve accessibility, and for improving accessibility and addressing related safety issues at the University of Maine System and at the State House? |
188,522 |
152,736 |
| 1997 N |
Do you favor a $56,850,000 bond issue for improvements to municipal and state roads, state and local bridges, airports, state ferry vessels and terminals and rail and marine facilities that makes the State eligible for approximately $129,740,000 in matching federal funds? |
267,721 |
76,185 |
| 1997 N |
Do you favor adding one travel lane in each direction to the southern end of the Maine Turnpike, paid for by turnpike tolls, to reduce accidents and congestion? |
210,629 |
136,549 |
| 1998 J |
Do you favor a $36,985,000 bond issue for improvements to municipal and state roads, airports, state ferry vessels and terminals, transit facilities and equipment and rail and marine facilities that makes the State eligible for over $60,000,000 in matching federal, local and private funds? |
103,099 |
35,551 |
| 1998 J |
Do you favor a $6,000,000 bond issue to construct water pollution control facilities, to close and cleanup municipal solid waste landfills and to mitigate storm water pollution through a comprehensive watershed protection program? |
91,816 |
45,781 |
| 1998 J |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue for capital expenses for vocational high schools? |
91,170 |
46,554 |
| 1998 N |
Do you favor a $20,000,000 bond issue to improve the Maine economy by supporting innovative research and development by businesses and nonprofit and educational institutions in the fields of biotechnology, computers and other information technology, aquaculture and marine technology, forestry and agriculture and advanced materials? |
250,506 |
149,710 |
| 1998 N |
Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue for the following purposes: |
289,771 |
111,450 |
|
1. $3,350,000 to construct water pollution control facilities, providing the state match for $10,000,000 in federal funds;
2. $1,000,000 to protect the public health and safety and the environment by providing funds for the cleanup of tire stockpiles;
3. $1,150,000 to investigate, abate, clean up and mitigate threats to the public health and the environment from hazardous substance discharges; and
4. $1,500,000 to construct drinking water system improvements that address public health threats, providing the state match for $7,100,000 in federal funds? |
| 1999 N |
Do you favor a $12,500,000 bond issue for the following purposes: |
304,622 |
106,474 |
|
(1)$7,000,000 to construct water pollution control facilities, providing the state match for $12,500,000 in federal funds;
(2)$2,500,000 to protect the State’s drinking water resources by granting funds to cities and towns for the closure and cleanup of their solid waste landfills;
(3)$500,000 to protect the public health, safety and the environment by providing funds for the cleanup of tire stockpiles;
(4)$1,000,000 to abate, clean up and mitigate threats to the public health and environment from uncontrolled hazardous substance sites or other hazardous waste discharges; and
(5)$1,500,000 to construct drinking water system improvements that address public health threats, providing the state match for $7,500,000 in federal funds. |
| 1999 N |
Do you favor a $56,042,031 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, airports and state-owned ferry facilities; development of rail corridors and marine infrastructure; and replacement of public transportation fleets statewide that makes the State eligible for up to $112,000,000 in matching federal funds? |
305,308 |
107,594 |
| 1999 N |
Do you favor a $9,400,000 bond issue for the conversion to digital broadcasting by the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation? |
264,653 |
146,696 |
| 1999 N |
Do you favor a $26,420,000 bond issue for infrastructure improvements at Maine’s 7 technical colleges that must be matched by a least $7,000,000 of private or in-kind donations? |
284,880 |
124,052 |
| 1999 N |
Do you favor a $50,000,000 bond issue to purchase public lands and easements statewide from willing sellers for conservation, water access, outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing, wildlife and fish habitat and farmland preservation, to be matched by $25,000,000 in private and public contributions? |
282,512 |
128,872 |
| 2000 |
“Do you favor ratifying the action of the 119th Legislature whereby it passed an act extending to all citizens regardless of their sexual orientation the same basic rights to protection against discrimination now guaranteed to citizens on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodation and credit and where the act expressly states that nothing in the act confers legislative approval of, or special rights to, any person or group of persons?” |
314,012 |
318,846 |
| 2001 N |
“Do you favor a $12,000,000 bond issue to provide:
1. The sum of $10,000,000 to address the affordable housing crisis in Maine; and
2. The sum of $2,000,000 to provide housing for victims of domestic violence?: |
128,026 |
90,753 |
| 2001 N |
“Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue for biomedical and marine research and development by Maine-based nonprofit and state research institutions?” |
113,538 |
102,820 |
| 2001 N |
“Do you favor a $61,000,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, airports, public transit and ferry facilities; development of rail, trail and marine infrastructure; and improvements to intermodal facilities statewide that makes the State eligible for up to $120,800,000 in matching federal funds?? |
162,071 |
56,407 |
| 2000 N |
“Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue to capitalize the State’s School Revolving Renovation Fund for repairs and improvements in public school facilities to address health, safety and compliance deficiencies, general renovation needs and learning space upgrades?” |
149,580 |
68,471 |
| 2001 N |
“Do you favor a $17,000,000 bond issue to provide: |
140,584 |
76,514 |
|
1. The sum of $6,000,000 to construct and upgrade water pollution control facilities, providing the state match for $12,500,000 in federal funds;
2. The sum of $1,000,000 to protect the State’s drinking water resources by granting funds to cities and towns for the remediation of their solid waste landfills;
3. The sum of $1,500,000 to protect public health and safety and the environment by providing funds to remove and replace failing septic systems;
4. The sum of $1,000,000 to protect public health and safety and the environment by providing funds to remove overboard discharges;
5. The sum of $500,000 to protect the public health and safety and the environment by providing funds for the cleanup of tire stockpiles;
6.The sum of $3,000,000 to support drinking water system improvements that address public health threats, providing the state match for $15,760,000 in federal funds;
7. The sum of $300,000 for grants and loans to municipalities for public infrastructure through the Municipal Investment Trust Fund;
8. The sum of $2,000,000 to construct new or retrofit existing pollution control structures on Maine farms to protect the environment;
9. The sum of $700,000 to construct environmentally sound water sources that help avoid drought damage to crops; and
10. The sum of $1,000,000 to recapitalize the Potato Marketing Improvement Fund?” |
| 2001 N |
“Do you favor a $36,700,000 bond issue to make improvements to the State’s public universities, the Maine Maritime Academy and other public learning centers?” |
124,395 |
91,238 |
| 2002 J |
“Do you favor a $28,500,000 bond issue to capitalize the State’s School Revolving Renovation Fund for repairs and improvements in public school facilities to address health, safety and compliance deficiencies, general renovation needs and learning space upgrades; to provide grants to public education institutions to install sprinkler systems in dormitories; to renovate the Augusta East Campus Harlow Office Building; and to provide a center for homeless teenagers in the Portland Area?” |
104,918 |
75,902 |
| 2002 J |
“Do you favor a $34,970,000 bond issue to stimulate job growth, renovate buildings, defend against terrorism in Maine and promote tourism? The bonds would be used for the following purposes: |
94,128 |
88,965 |
|
1. $4,000,000 for the Municipal Investment Trust Fund to provide loans and grants to municipalities for public infrastructure to support economic development and other purposes of the fund;
2. $8,000,000 to the Finance Authority of Maine to create and retain Maine jobs through the funding of community, regional and state business financing programs;
3. $540,000 for the protection of the lives and property of Maine citizens;
4. $6,000,000 to capitalize the Maine Rural Development Authority to facilitate job creation through the development and redevelopment of commercial and industrial buildings in Maine;
5. $4000,000 for renovation of buildings and associated infrastructure at the Schoodic Education and Research Center. State bond funds will match $4,000,000 in federal funds;
6. $5,000,000 for the construction of a facility for product development and support that will provide the University of Maine with the resources needed to help solve daily manufacturing and engineering problems;
7. $4,000,000 for the construction of a facility for product development and support that will provide the University of Southern Maine with the resources needed to help solve daily manufacturing and engineering problems;
8. $5,500,000 for medical research and development by Maine-based biomedical research institutions in order to obtain matching federal funds for health research to cure disease and to retain Maine graduates by providing quality Maine jobs;
9. $1,000,000 for the planning and construction of the Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary’s in Lewiston;
10. $500,000 for the renovation of the Center Theater in downtown Dover-Foxcroft |
| 2002 N |
Do you favor a $25,000,000 bond issue to raise funds to build a new correctional facility in Machias and to make improvements to the Maine Correctional Center in South Windham? |
179,173 |
309,569 |
| 2002 N |
Do you favor a $24,100,000 bond issue for the following purposes: water pollution control facilities, remove overboard discharges, wastewater treatment and septic systems, dinking water, land fills, clean up uncontrolled hazardous substance sites, electronic mapping and publications. |
283,740 |
211,736 |
| 2003 J |
Do you favor a $60,000,000 bond issue to stimulate economic growth and job creation through investments in research and development, municipal infrastructure and facilities, the Maine Farms for the Future Program and affordable housing, in anticipation of approximately $134,150,000 in federal and private funds? |
69,340 |
44,520 |
| 2003 N |
Do you favor a $6,950,000 bond issue for the following purposes: upgrade and build water pollution control facilities, improve water, septic resources, clean hazardous waste sites. |
295,569 |
201,617 |
| 2003 N |
Do you favor a $19,000,000 bond issue to make repairs, upgrades and other facility improvements and enhance access for students with disabilities and upgrade classroom equipment at various campuses of the University of Maine System; the Maine Maritime Academy; and the Maine Community College System, which was formerly the Maine Technical College System, and to provide grants to construct and renovate public libraries and to improve community access to electronic resources? |
266,146 |
232,127 |
| 2003 N |
Do you favor a $63,450,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, airports, state-owned ferry vessels and ferry and port facilities and port and harbor structures; development of rail corridors and improvements to railroad structures and intermodal facilities; investment in the statewide public transportation fleet and public park and ride and service facilities; statewide trail and pedestrian improvements; and expansion of the statewide air-medical response system through construction of hospital helipads, building additional refueling facilities, upgrading navigational systems and acquiring training equipment to improve access to health care that makes the State eligible for $217,000,000 in matching federal funds? |
326,802 |
171,715 |
| 2005 N |
Do you want to reject the new law that would protect people from discrimination in employment, housing, education, public accommodations and credit based on their sexual orientation? (People’s Veto) |
181,926 |
223,274 |
| 2005 N |
Do you favor a $33,100,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges; airports; public transit improvements; state-owned ferry vessels and ferry and port facilities including port and harbor structures; and statewide bicycle trail and pedestrian improvements that makes the State eligible for over $158,000,000 in matching funds? |
270,486 |
130,352 |
| 2005 N |
Do you favor an $8,900,000 bond issue for purposes related to agriculture and the environment in anticipation of approximately $31,000,000 in federal funds to be used for sustainable water sources and irrigation system development, loans from a wastewater state revolving fund, grants from a small community grants program, support of public water system improvements and repairs and improvements to a veterinary technician facility at the University of Maine? |
228,970 |
167,424 |
| 2005 N |
Do you favor a $20,000,000 bond issue to stimulate economic growth and job creation through investments in the Maine economy in anticipation of approximately $44,000,000 in federal and private funds for (the following:) |
232,563 |
165,607 |
|
medical research and development; marine research and development; equity investments in small Maine companies with potential for high growth; the New Century Community Program for capital improvements to cultural resources; the renovation of Camden Hall on the University of Maine Bangor campus for a graduate school for biomedical science; the development of the Laboratory for Surface Science Technology; capital costs and equipment for the career center facility at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College; and the development of the Sunrise Business and Career Center in the Town of Jonesboro? |
| 2005 N |
Do you favor a $12,000,000 bond issue to purchase land and conservation easements statewide from willing sellers for conservation, water access, wildlife and fish habitat, outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing, farmland preservation and working waterfront preservation to be matched by at least $7,000,000 in private and public contributions? |
259,475 |
140,469 |
| 2005 N |
Do you favor a $9,000,000 bond issue to make building renovations at campuses of the University of Maine System, improve and expand the facilities of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Southern Maine and make building renovations at campuses of the Maine Community College System? |
193,077 |
195,939 |
| 2007 J |
Do you favor a $112,975,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, airports, public transit facilities, ferry and port facilities including port and harbor structures and bicycle and pedestrian trails that makes the State eligible for over $260,525,000 in federal and other matching funds? |
83,477 |
33,486 |
| 2007 J |
Do you favor an $18,300,000 bond issue to support drinking water programs and to support the construction of wastewater treatment facilities that will leverage $49,500,000 in other funds? |
74,893 |
41,483 |
| 2007 N |
Do you favor a bond issue to stimulate economic development and job creation that would provide $5,000,000 in loans and grant funds and would provide $50,000,000 in research, development and commercialization funds for targeted technology sectors, awarded after a competitive process administered by the Maine Technology Institute, and will leverage at least $50,000,000 in other funds? |
138,615 |
132,080 |
| 2007 N |
Do you favor a $43,500,000 bond issue for interior and exterior building renovations, improvements and additions at all campuses of the Maine Community College System, the Maine Maritime Academy and the University of Maine System; to replenish the School Revolving Renovation Fund for school repairs and renovations; and to support capital improvements for cultural and educational assets such as museums, historical facilities and libraries? |
139,505 |
132,424 |
| 2007 N |
Do you favor a $35,500,000 bond issue to invest in land conservation, water access, wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation opportunities, including hunting and fishing, farmland and working waterfront and to invest in state parks, historic sites and riverfront, community and farm infrastructure to be matched by at least $21,875,000 in private and public contributions? |
171,892 |
100,580 |
| 2007 N |
Do you favor extending term limits for Legislators from 4 to 6 terms? |
88,832 |
181,588 |
| 2008 J |
Do you avor a $29,725,000 bond issue for natural resource, agricultural and transportation infrastructure that will leverage $29,780,000 in other funds? |
101,171 |
71,822 |
| 2008 N |
Do you want to reject the parts of a new law that change the method of funding Maine’s Dirigo Health Program through charging health insurance companies a fixed fee on paid claims and adding taxes to malt liquor, wine and soft drinks? |
462,818 |
253,026 |
| 2008 N |
Do you want a certain Maine company to have the only casino in Maine, to be located in Oxford County, if part of the revenue is used to fund specific state programs?
|
353,685 |
389,251 |
2008 N
|
Do you favor a $3,400,000 bond issue to support drinking water programs, to support the construction of wastewater treatment facilities and to leverage $17,000,000 in other funds? |
353,497 |
349,662
|
| 2009 N |
Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages? (People’s Veto)
|
300,848 |
267,828 |
| 2009 N |
Do you want to cut the rate of the municipal excise tax by an average of 55% on motor vehicles less than six years old and exempt hybrid and other alternative-energy and highly fuel-efficient motor vehicles from sales tax and three years of excise tax? |
145,610 |
416,714 |
2009 N
|
Do you want to repeal the 2007 law on school district consolidation and restore the laws previously in effect? |
228,952 |
320,334
|
| 2009 N |
Do you want to change the existing formulas that limit state and local government spending and require voter approval by referendum for spending over those limits and for increases in state taxes? |
223,059 |
336,144 |
2009 N
|
Do you want to change the medical marijuana laws to allow treatment of more medical conditions and to create a regulated system of distribution? |
332,038 |
232,024
|
| 2009 N |
Do you favor a $71,250,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, airports, public transit facilities, ferry and port facilities, including port and harbor structures, as well as funds for the LifeFlight Foundation that will make the State eligible for over $148,000,000 in federal and other matching funds? |
363,537 |
192,789 |
| 2009 N |
Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to increase the amount of time that local officials have to certify the signatures on direct initiative petitions? |
260,887 |
285,385 |
| 2010 J |
Do you want to reject the new law that lowers Maine’s income tax and replaces that revenue by making changes to the sales tax? (People’s Veto) |
193,960 |
124,928 |
2010 J
|
Do you favor a $26,500,000 bond issue that will create jobs through investment in an off-shore wind energy demonstration site and related manufacturing to advance Maine’s energy independence from imported foreign oil, that will leverage $24,500,000 in federal and other funds and for energy improvements at campuses of the University of Maine System, Maine Community College System and Maine Maritime Academy in order to make facilities more efficient and less costly to operate?)
|
187,947 |
129,435
|
2010 J
|
Do you favor a $47,800,000 bond issue to create jobs in Maine through improvements to highways, railroads and marine facilities, including port and harbor structures, and specifying the allocation of $4,000,000 of the transportation bond approved by voters in November 2009 to be used for capital rail purposes? |
183,798 |
132,439
|
| 2010 J |
Do you favor a $23,750,000 bond issue to provide capital investment to stimulate economic development and job creation by making investments under the Communities for Maine’s Future Program and in historic properties; providing funding for research and development investments awarded through a competitive process; providing funds for disbursements to qualifying small businesses; and providing grants for food processing for fishing, agricultural, dairy and lumbering businesses within the State and redevelopment projects at the Brunswick Naval Air Station that will make the State eligible for over $39,000,000 in federal and other matching funds? |
159,084 |
155,224 |
| 2010 J |
Do you favor a $10,250,000 bond issue to improve water quality, support drinking water programs and the construction of wastewater treatment facilities and to assist farmers in the development of environmentally sound water sources that will leverage $33,250,000 in federal and other funds? |
353,685 |
389,251 |
2010 N
|
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to be awarded on a competitive basis to increase access to dental care in Maine, $3,500,000 to be used for a community-based teaching dental clinic affiliated with or operated by a college of dental medicine to be matched by $3,500,000 in other funds, and $1,500,000 to be used to create or upgrade community-based health and dental care clinics across the State to increase their capacity as teaching and dental clinics? |
286,645 |
270,705
|
| 2010 N |
Do you favor a $9,750,000 bond issue to invest in land conservation and working waterfront preservation and to preserve state parks to be matched by $9,250,000 in federal and other funds?
|
331,919 |
227,182 |
| 2011 N |
Do you want to reject the section of Chapter 399 of the Public Laws of 2011 that requires new voters to register to vote at least two business days prior to an election? |
237,024 |
155,156 |
| 2012 N |
Do you favor an $11,300,000 bond issue to provide funds for capital to build a diagnostic facility for the University of Maine System; for capital improvements and equipment, including machine tool technology, for the Maine Community College System; and for capital improvements and equipment at the Maine Maritime Academy? |
334,580 |
350,590 |
| 2012 N |
Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to purchase land and conservation easements statewide from willing sellers for public land and water access, conservation, wildlife or fish
habitat and outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing and deer wintering areas, and to preserve working farmland and working waterfronts to be matched by at least 5,000,000 in private and public contributions? |
418,555 |
270,301 |
| 2012 N |
Do you favor a $51,500,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, local roads, airports and port facilities, as well as for funds for rail access, transit buses and the LifeFlight Foundation, which will make the State eligible for at least $105,600,000 in federal and other matching funds? |
499,366 |
191,454 |
| 2012 N |
Do you favor a $7,925,000 bond issue to be expended over 2 years for revolving loan funds for drinking water systems and for wastewater treatment facilities, which will make the State eligible to secure $39,625,000 in federal grants? |
432,813 |
253,561 |
| 2013 N |
Do you favor a $14,000,000 bond issue to provide funds for the State’s share of maintenance, repair, capital improvement, modernization and energy efficiency projects for Maine Army National Guard readiness centers and support facilities and the purchase of land for training and to draw down federal matching funds? |
126,393 |
90,130 |
| 2013 N |
Do you favor a $15,500,000 bond issue to enhance educational and employment opportunities for Maine citizens and students by updating and improving existing laboratory and classroom facilities of the University of Maine System statewide? |
132,759 |
84,647 |
| 2013 N |
Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue for reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities or equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation and transit, to be used to match an estimated $154,000,000 in federal and other funds? |
157,195 |
59,895 |
| 2013 N |
Do you favor a $15,500,000 bond issue to upgrade buildings, classrooms and laboratories on the 7 campuses of the Maine Community College System in order to increase capacity to serve more students through expanded programs in health care, precision machining, information technology, criminal justice and other key programs? |
143,026 |
75,073 |
| 2014 N |
Do you favor an $8,000,000 bond issue to support Maine agriculture, facilitate economic growth in natural resources-based industries and monitor human health threats related to ticks, mosquitoes and bedbugs through the creation of an animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory administered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service? |
354,072 |
233,134 |
| 2014 N |
Do you favor a bond issue to provide $4,000,000 in funds to insure portions of loans to small businesses to spur investment and innovation and to provide $8,000,000 in funds to make flexible loans to small businesses to create jobs, revitalize downtowns and strengthen the rural economy? |
362,225 |
222,560 |
| 2014 N |
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $11,000,000 in private and other funds, to build a research center and to discover genetic solutions for cancer and the diseases of aging, to promote job growth and private sector investment in this State, to attract and retain young professionals and make the State a global leader in genomic medicine? |
367,101 |
218,196 |
| 2014 N |
Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $5,700,000 in private and public funds, to modernize and expand infrastructure in a biological laboratory specializing in tissue repair and regeneration located in the State in order to increase biotechnology workforce training, retain and recruit to the State multiple biomedical research and development groups and create a drug discovery and development facility that will improve human health and stimulate biotechnology job growth and economic activity? |
297,000 |
283,612 |
| 2014 N |
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to ensure clean water and safe communities across Maine; to protect drinking water sources; to restore wetlands; to create jobs and vital public infrastructure; and to strengthen the State’s long-term economic base and competitive advantage? |
379,588 |
208,095 |
| 2014 N |
Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue to facilitate the growth of marine businesses and commercial enterprises that create jobs and improve the sustainability of the State’s marine economy and related industries through capital investments, to be matched by at least $7,000,000 in private and other funds? |
344,773 |
238,775 |
| 2015 N |
Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue for the construction of new energy-efficient affordable homes for low-income seniors, the adaptive reuse of structures for homes for low-income seniors and the repair and weatherization of existing homes for low-income seniors, which will create jobs and will be matched by an estimated $22,600,000 in private and other funds? |
151,695 |
67,160 |
| 2015 N |
Do you favor an $85,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities and equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $121,500,000 in federal and other funds? |
159,050 |
59,595 |
| 2016 N |
Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of
highways and bridges and for facilities, equipment and property acquisition related to ports, harbors,
marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds? |
457,864 |
290,062 |
