While supporters are pleased, opponents fear the nation’s first constitutional amendment for food rights will lead to legal battles.
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More than 400,000 Mainers voted in statewide referendums and local races
While official results are not yet available, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Maine had strong voter turnout, and absentee ballot use, for an off-year, referendum-only election.
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Boston elects first woman and Asian American as mayor
Michelle Wu’s victory marks a turning point for the city, which had chosen only white men as mayor before her.
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After Republicans’ win in Virginia, Democrats fear implications for 2022
Democrats saw the race for Virginia’s governor as a test of whether they could turn out voters when their chief nemesis, Donald Trump, was not on the ballot.
Posted inElections, Local & State
Database: Town-by-town vote counts for the ‘right to food’ amendment
The statewide referendum asked voters if they favored an amendment to the Maine Constitution “to declare that all individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being.”
Posted inElections, Local & State
Database: Town-by-town vote counts on the $100 million transportation bond
Most of the money will go toward highways and bridges, while $15 million goes to other projects focusing on rail, aviation and ports.
Posted inElections, Local & State
Database: Town-by-town vote counts for Question 1
The referendum was intended to stop the New England power line corridor.
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Database: How towns in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties voted
Town-by-town election results for towns in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties.
Posted inElections, Local & State
Readfield residents approve local ordinances on internet, land use
A majority of voters approved nine questions about the town exploring options for high-speed internet and land use ordinances, according to unofficial results.
Posted inBethel, Elections, News, Oxford Hills
Newry votes in favor of updating development review ordinance
Residents voted 112-58 Tuesday to amend the town development review ordinance to conform to state laws and practices.