MAINE GOVERNMENT NEWS • April 13, 2021
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is now accepting public comment on the wording of the citizen's initiative question that will appear on the Nov. 2, 2021 Referendum Election ballot. The ballot question for this legislation, as drafted, reads: "Do you want to ban the construction of high-impact electric transmission lines in the Upper Kennebec Region and to require the Legislature to vote on other such projects in Maine retroactive to 2014, with a two-thirds vote required if a project uses public lands?" Deadline for comments: May 13, 2021, 5 pm.