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The 2023 elections may not have the fireworks of 2024, but there is still plenty up for grabs. In this"off-year," most of which takes place on Nov. 7, Virginia will be keenly watched, particularly by followers of Gov. Glenn Youngkin and whether he can springboard Republican success into national aspirations. Meanwhile, the governor's mansion is up for grabs in Kentucky and Mississippi.
Question 3 seeks to establish the Pine Tree Power Company, a consumer-owned utility, through a forced buyout of Central Maine Power and Versant Power, two investor-owned utilities that provide 97% of the state’s electricity. "Question 1 is another way that the utilities are trying to scare people from the possibilities and savings of Pine Tree Power," Al Cleveland, campaign manager for Our Power, said to WMTW."Those numbers that CMP and Versant are telling voters it's going to cost aren't based in any independent economic analysis, are not based on any nonpartisan information."
Current Maine election laws do not allow foreign nationals to contribute to candidate campaigns. However, the rules are vague on the issue of foreign electioneering in state referendums. The ballot measure would require vehicle manufacturers to standardize diagnostic systems and share the same information with repair shops as is shared with dealers. The goal is to give consumers the choice to fix their car outside of a dealership if that’s what they prefer.
“It wouldn't change when the petitions go on the ballot. It wouldn't change the validity of the petitions in any way. It would simply let election officials concentrate on major elections for governor or for president,” state Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. “Keep in mind, those years we're also electing our congressional races, and all of our state legislators races are up every two years. So, those are big elections.
Question 6 would have no legal effect, Bellows said, because “regardless of whether they are printed or not, they exist.” A district judge in We The People PAC v. Bellows in 2022, as well as a court of appeals, sided in Faulkingham’s favor, ruling that out-of-state circulators have the right to come into Maine and petition people under the First Amendment, so the state law was unconstitutional.
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