ASSOCIATED PRESS • October 30, 2021
Mainers have weighed in on a number of high-profile ballot questions — casinos, universal health care, marijuana legalization, assisted suicide, abortion and same-sex marriage, to name a few. None of them come close to the level of spending as the battle over a 145-mile electricity transmission line. More than $90 million from utilities has flowed into the fight over the $1 billion project. The high-stakes campaign put environmental and conservation groups at odds.