PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 7, 2021
A failed effort to get Maine’s secretary of state to split an upcoming ballot question opposing Central Maine Power’s transmission line project into three separate issues has gained new life in the form of a lawsuit. Rep. Christopher Caiazzo, D-Scarborough, filed the suit last week in Cumberland County Superior Court. He argued that the November referendum question aimed at blocking construction of the New England Clean Energy Connect power line should be broken up into separate initiatives to give voters a chance to weigh in on three distinct issues.