MAINE PUBLIC • June 15, 2020
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap says a ballot measure that backers hope would kill Central Maine Power’s proposed power line through the state’s western woods may well be unconstitutional. But he also says it should stay on the ballot. CMP’s parent company, Avangrid Networks, is seeking to get the item struck from the November ballot on constitutional grounds. Dunlap also says voters should get their chance to weigh in, and the item itself should stay on the ballot. He argues that even were the courts to decide that the question had no enforceable effect, it still could be considered as an advisory referendum.