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11/02/09

Polls open 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Nov. 3, 2009 for referendum, municipal election

Election Day is Nov. 3, 2009. Polling in Cape Elizabeth will take place at the High School gym, 345 Ocean House Road, from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. All election related activities on Nov. 3, including voter registration, return of absentee ballots etc. will be handled at the High School on Election Day.

School will be in session on Election Day, and the pool and fitness center will be open regular hours. Pool and fitness center patrons are asked to park in the lot next to the tennis courts, leaving the upper and lower lots behind the High School reserved for voter parking.

Sample Ballots

Municipal Election

TOWN COUNCIL - For an unexpired term until December 13, 2010. Vote for one (1)

  • GOVERNALI, FRANK J.
  • JORDAN, MICHAEL S.
  • WRITE-IN

TOWN COUNCIL - For three year term until December 10, 2012. Vote for three (3)

  • LENNON, SARA W.
  • MONAGHAN-DERRIG, KIMBERLY J.
  • STRAW, CHRISTOPHER M.
  • SULLIVAN, JESSICA L.
  • WALSH, JAMES T.
  • WRITE-IN
  • WRITE-IN
  • WRITE-IN

SCHOOL BOARD - For three year term until December 10, 2012.
Vote for three (3)

  • CHRISTIE III, JOHN C.
  • COTTER, PETER H.
  • DUNHAM, RICHARD B.
  • HILLMAN, DAVID C.
  • STURTEVANT, FREDERIC K.
  • WILLIAMS-HEWITT, MARY K.
  • WRITE-IN
  • WRITE-IN
  • WRITE-IN

 

PORTLAND WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES - For a five year term until November 4, 2014
Vote for one (1)

  • WRITE-IN

 

State Referendum
(click here to view referendum background information)


Question 1: People's Veto

An Act To End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and Affirm Religious Freedom. "Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?"

Question 2: Citizen Initiative

An Act to Decrease the Automobile Excise Tax and Promote Energy. “Do you want to cut the rate of the municipal excise tax by an average of 55% on motor vehicles less than six years old and exempt hybrid and other alternative-energy and highly fuel-efficient motor vehicles from sales tax and three years of excise tax?”


Question 3: Citizen Initiative

An Act to Repeal the School District Consolidation Laws. “Do you want to repeal the 2007 law on school district consolidation and restore the laws previously in effect?”

Question 4: Citizen Initiative

An Act to Provide Tax Relief. “Do you want to change the existing formulas that limit state and local government spending and require voter approval by referendum for spending over those limits and for increases in state taxes?”

Question 5: Citizen Initiative

An Act to Establish the Maine Medical Marijuana Act. “Do you want to change the medical marijuana laws to allow treatment of more medical conditions and to create a regulated system of distribution?”


Question 6: Bond Issue

(Part A of Ch. 414, Public Laws of 2009)

“Do you favor a $71,250,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, airports, public transit facilities, ferry and port facilities, including port and harbor structures, as well as funds for the LifeFlight Foundation that will make the State eligible for over $148,000,000 in federal and other matching funds?”

Question 7: Constitutional Amendment

(Ch. 1, Constitutional Resolutions of 2009)

“Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to increase the amount of time that local officials have to certify the signatures on direct initiative petitions?”