Maine voters face a busy ballot on Tuesday in an off-year election dominated by a decision over whether to replace the state’s two much-criticized private electric utilities
Maine voters faced a busy ballot on Tuesday in an off-year election dominated by a decision over whether to replace the state's two much-criticized private electric utilities. Voters were also set to decide whether to restore language about honoring obligations to Native American tribes to printed versions of the state constitution. Other referendums included a vote on whether to attempt to curb influence from foreign governments and entities on state elections.
Mainers were asked to ban foreign government spending in local and state referendums, closing a loophole in federal election law that a Canadian utility giant exploited to protect a high-profile project in the state. The Canadian-government-owned Hydro Quebec donated millions in a failed attempt to stop a proposal to halt a cross-border hydropower transmission project in which the utility stood to earn $10 billion.
Voters were deciding whether to restore long-removed language about Maine's obligations to Native American tribes to the printed versions of its constitution. Maine inherited the treaties from Massachusetts when it became its own state more than 200 years ago. The language still applies, but it was removed from the printed constitution in the 19th century.
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