Voted no on Question 1 (Same-sex marriage )

” I think it should be anybody’s right. Anybody should be able to marry anybody.”
— Peter Kelley, 70 Baird Ave., Lewiston 

“I think it’s none of your damn business what someone wants to do with an individual.”
— Dr. Carlton Ring, 85, 864 Center St.

“I’m for equality. And I know they say we can make things separate but
equal, but I think we’ve tried it and I don’t think it’s worked. So, I
think things should be equal, and equal.”
— Natasha Karkos, 20, Pine Street, Auburn

“I believe in equality for everyone. It is not about anything else but that.”
— Alisa Blundon, 20, Pine Street, Auburn

“I voted no. I just think it’s right. I don’t think they have to be discriminated against.”
— Brian Stickney, 27, 4 Arbania St., Auburn

“I strongly believe that consenting adults should be able to do what they want to do.”
— Jennifer Mercier, 30, of High Street

Voted yes on Question 1 (Same-sex marriage )

“I think the last two generations have crippled us. They’ve done away with sodomy; they said we’d never have condoms in the schools, but we do. They’re running teenage girls so they can do things and not have to tell their parents. So, there have been so many changes in the last two generations. I don’t have that much time left, so as long I’m around I think we ought to do things the moral way.”
— Donald W. Linscott, 364 East Hardscrabble Road, Auburn

“I don’t have any offense against those people. They should be together if they want to be together, but I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman only, because that’s the way it’s always been.”
— Michelle Mabry, 471 Court St., Auburn

“I believe in traditional marriage. That means one man, one woman. That’s it.”
— Conrad Vaillancourt, 65, of Auburn 

Voted yes on Question 2 (Excise tax) 

“I voted for the excise tax because it just sounded like a good idea. I
think it sounds good to have lower taxes for three years.”
— Michelle Mabry, 471 Court St., Auburn 

Voted no on Question 2 (Excise tax)

“I feel it would raise property taxes. That’s the underlying current for that one.”
— Peter Kelley, 70 Baird Ave., Lewiston 

“It’s nice if you can afford to buy a new car, but if not, you shouldn’t have to pay more.”
— Natasha Karkos, 20, Pine Street, Auburn

“I voted no on that one. I understand what they’re doing, but I don’t agree. Everyone should have to pay the same taxes, no matter what.”
— Alisa Blundon, 20, Pine Street, Auburn

“We need the money. Let’s face it; we don’t need more property taxes.”
— Donald W. Linscott, 364 East Hardscrabble Road, Auburn

“Well, if they don’t get the money there, they’re going to raise it someplace else. If someone chooses to buy a new car, I think they’re choosing to pay the taxes right there. They shouldn’t have a break, and everyone else pay more property taxes to get it.”
— Brian Stickney, 27, 4 Arbania St., Auburn

“It favors the rich people. I don’t think they should get a break when we really do need the money.”
— Jennifer Mercier, 30, of High Street 

Voted yes on Question 4 (TABOR II)

“I figure why not give the government a little spank on the butt, so they can see what most of us have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.”
— Peter Kelley, 70 Baird Ave., Lewiston 

“We’ve been talking for many years about it. Every year the Legislature meets and spends as much money as they have, and whether they need it or not they always come back and ask for more. They always say that next year they’re going to cut down but they never do, and they won’t unless somebody tells them to.”
— Donald W. Linscott, 364 East Hardscrabble Road, Auburn

“We need to keep a closer eye on those folks in Augusta, more than we do now. I think this should do it.”
— Conrad Vaillancourt, 65, of Auburn

Voted no on Question 4 (TABOR II)

“Well, it just seems like, again, a lot of unnecessary steps in there to do what we need done.”
— Dr. Carlton Ring, 85, 864 Center St.

“It seems like a lot of work for us to do something we’ve already elected people to do. To have to have everyone go out and vote for something, well, we’ve already elected people to take care of that.”
— Natasha Karkos, 20, Pine Street, Auburn

“I strongly believe that we elect people that we trust into offices, and we should go with what they say. We don’t know enough about all the issues to decide either way.”
— Alisa Blundon, 20, Pine Street, Auburn

“You vote for people to make those decisions for you. It’s going to take more money to get everyone to go vote, after the people we’ve already voted for have voted. It just seems like more bureaucratic nonsense to me.”
— Brian Stickney, 27, 4 Arbania St., Auburn