Currently Circulating Citizen Inititatives and People's Veto

CITIZEN INITIATIVE PETITIONS APPROVED

TITLE: An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Enacting the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act”

QUESTION: “Do you want to allow courts to temporarily prohibit a person from having dangerous weapons if law enforcement, family, or household members show that the person poses a significant danger of causing physical injury to themselves or others?”iSSUED:

ISSUED: October 24, 2024

FILING DEADLINE: April 24, 2026

TITLE: “An Act to Require an Individual to Present Photographic Identification for the Purpose of Voting”

QUESTION: “Do you want to change Maine election laws to eliminate two days of absentee voting, prohibit requests for absentee ballots by phone or family members, end ongoing absentee voter status for seniors and people with disabilities, ban prepaid postage on absentee ballot return envelopes, limit the number of drop boxes, require voters to show certain photo ID before voting, and make other changes to our elections?”

ISSUED: May 16, 2024
FILING DEADLINE: November 16, 2025

PEOPLE'S VETO PETITION

TITLE: “An Act Making Certain Appropriations and Allocations and Changing Certain Provisions of Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government”

QUESTION: “Do you want to stop most state government operations and programs, including new and ongoing state funding for cities, towns, and schools, by rejecting the state's two-year budget?”

ISSUED: April 10, 2025
FILING DEADLINE: June 18, 2025

2024 Ballot Questions

QUESTION 1: An Act to Limit Contributions to Political Action Committees That Make Independent Expenditures, Do you want to set a $5,000 limit for giving to political action committees that spend money independently to support or defeat candidates for office?

QUESTION 2: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and Development and Commercialization, Do you favor a bond issue of $25,000,000 to provide funds, to be awarded through a competitive process and to leverage matching private and federal funds on at least a one-to-one basis, for research and development and commercialization for Maine-based public and private institutions in support of technological innovation in the targeted sectors of life sciences and biomedical technology, environmental and renewable energy technology, information technology, advanced technologies for forestry and agriculture, aquaculture and marine technology, composites and advanced materials and precision manufacturing?

QUESTION 3: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Restore Historic Community Buildings, Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to restore historic buildings owned by governmental and nonprofit organizations, with funds being issued contingent on a 25% local match requirement from either private or nonprofit sources?

QUESTION 4: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Promote the Design, Development and Maintenance of Trails for Outdoor Recreation and Active Transportation, Do you favor a $30,000,000 bond issue to invest in the design, development and maintenance for nonmotorized, motorized and multi-use trails statewide, to be matched by at least $3,000,000 in private and public contributions?

QUESTION 5: An Act to Restore the Former State of Maine Flag, Do you favor making the former state flag, replaced as the official flag of the State in 1909 and commonly known as the Pine Tree Flag, the official flag of the State?

Citizen's Initiative:

Amendment to Portland City Code RE: An Act to Amend the City of Portland's Emergency Wage Provision

An act to Amend the City of Portland’s Emergency Wage Provision amends the City's minimum wage ordinance by limiting the application of the emergency wage provision in the ordinance to periods when the City of Portland has declared a state of emergency. In the current ordinance, the emergency wage provision in the city ordinance automatically takes effect whenever the State of Maine declares a state of emergency in a region that includes Portland, even if employment conditions within the City of Portland are not impacted or altered.

City Council Initiative:

Amendment to the Portland City Code RE: an act to Amend Portland's Short Term Rental Unit Registration Requirements

An Act To Amend Portland's Short Term Rental Unit Registration Requirements amends the list of information required to register short term rental units in Portland. This amendment will be effective beginning September 1, 2025.