PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 6, 2020
Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap tossed out about 2,000 signatures previously counted as valid, but opponents of Central Maine Power Co.’s proposed $1 billion transmission corridor still have enough of a signature cushion to trigger a ballot question aimed at stopping the project. If supported by voters in November, the initiative would order the Maine Public Utilities Commission to reverse its 2019 finding that the planned, 145-mile power line stretching from Lewiston to the Quebec border is in the state’s best interests