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Voters in Maine yesterday (Nov. 7) resoundingly rejected creating a statewide public power system to replace the Pine Tree State’s two investor-owned electric distribution utilities, CMP and Versant. Question 3 on the statewide ballot would have created Pine Tree Power Co., a state-wide transmission and distribution retail utility governed by an elected board. The new public
Maine voters “pulled the plug” on Pine Tree Power Nov. 7 with a resounding referendum election loss. On Question 3, voters said “No” to creating a non-profit power company, 262,197 to 115,807, with 85% percent of the statewide vote reporting to the...
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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.
Polling places across the state open Tuesday morning. Watch the results come in Tuesday evening at pressherald.com.