Votes on Referenda on Acts of the Maine Legislature 1910- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library

Year of Enactment	Bill Number	Title of Legislation	Legislative Action	Enacted Law Citation	Form of Ballot Question	Date of Vote	Vote Totals
1915	H.D. 940	An Act to provide for State and County Aid in the Construction of Highway Bridges	Enacted and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P.L. 1915, c. 319	None Available	Sept. 11, 1916	In Favor: 96,677 Opposed: 14,138
1925	S.D. 110 Ought to Pass-New Draft S.D. 259	An Act to Incorporate Dexter P. Cooper, Incorporated, for the Purpose of Developing and Utilizing the Power of the Tides in the Bay of Fundy and Waters Adjacent to It.	Enacted with amendment S.D. 299 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P.L. 1925, c. 111	To Incorporate Dexter Cooper (to develop Passamaquoddy)	Sept. 14, 1925	In Favor: 53,547 Opposed: 7,220
1929	S.D. 44	An Act to Provide for the Exportation of Surplus Power	Enacted with House amendments "A" and "B" and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P.L. 1929, c. 280	To Permit Export of Surplus Hydroelectric Power	Sept. 9, 1929	In Favor: 54,070 Opposed: 64,044
1935	L.D. 202 Ought to Pass-New Draft L.D. 934	An Act to Create the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge District	Enacted and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P.& S. 1935, c. 88	To Create the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge	Sept. 9, 1935	In Favor: 22,205 Opposed: 7,813
1937	L.D. 4 Ought to Pass-New Draft L.D. 1029 Ought to Pass-New Draft L.D. 1073	An Act to Provide for Old age Assistance, to Guarantee a Minimum Educational Program and to provide Revenue Therefor	Enacted with amnedments and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P.L. 1937, c. 242	Shall the "Act To Provide for Old Age assistance, to Guarantee a Minimum Educational Program and to Provide Revenues Therefor, as Submitted by the 88th Legislature to the People, be Accepted?	Aug. 16, 1937	Yes: 41,482 No: 80,449
1946	L.D. 1222	An Act to Provide for the Payment of a Bonus to Maine Veterans of World War II and for the Payment of Other Veterans' Benefits and to Provide for Such Payments by Additional Cigarette and Liquor Taxes and Miscellaneous Taxes	Enacted with amendment L.D. 1255 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P.L. 1945, c. 381	Shall the Act Providing for the Payment of a Soldiers' Bonus to Maine Veterans of World War II and for the Payment of Other Veterans' Benefits and to Provide for Such Payments by Additional Cigarette and Liquor Taxes and Miscellaneous Taxes, as submitted by the 92nd Legislature to the People be Accepted?	Sept. 9, 1946	Yes: 60,544 No: 109,450
1951	L.D. 414	An Act Relating to Combination Highway and Railroad Bridge Across Fore River	Enacted with amendment # 407 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P. & S. 1951, c. 221	Shall the Act Passed by the 95th Legislature, Making the Combination Highway and Railroad Bridge Across the Fore River, when Constructed, a Toll Bridge Until all the Bonds Issued for Such Construction have been Retired, be Accepted?	Sept. 10, 1951	Yesr: 21,648 No: 31,069
1969	L.D. 1614	An Act to Amend Bond Issue Acts as to Limitations of Interest	Enacted with amendments S-327 and H-604 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P. & S. 1969, c 195	Shall "An Act to Amend Bond Issue Acts as to Limitations of Interest' as passed by the 104th Legislature, be Approved?	Nov. 4, 1969	Yes: 69,013 No: 63,793
1970	L.D. 1632 Ought to Pass-New Draft L.D. 1818	An Act to Appropriate Moneys for Necessary Items and Miscellaneous Changes for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 1970 and June 30, 1971	Enacted with amendments H-673 and S- 399 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Approval "Only section "D" was sent to Referendum to be voted upon".	P. & S. 1969, c. 254 section D	Shall the Moneys Appropriated for an Addition to the Gould Academic Building at the Boys' Training Center be used for the Construction of Educational Classrooms at the Boys Training Center, passed by the First Special Session of the 104th Legislature?	June 15th 1970	Yes: 93,129 No: 43,738
1970	LD. 1798	An Act to Amend Bond Issue Act as to Limitations of Interest on Bonds For York County Regional Vocational Education Center or Centers	Enacted with amendment S-375 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P. & S. 1969, c. 222	Shall 'An Act to Amend Bond Issue Act as to Limitations of Interest on Bonds For York County Regional Vocational Education Center or Centers' Passed by the First Special session of the 104th Legislature, be Accepted?	June 15th 1970	Yes: 80,315 No: 52,646
1970	L.D. 1845	An Act Repealing the Interest on Unissued Bonds for Water pollution Abatement	Enacted with amendments S-447 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Approval	P. & S. 1969, c. 250	Shall 'An Act Repealing the Interest on Unissued Bonds for Water Pollution Abatement,' as Passed by the 104th Legislature in Special Session, be Accepted?	Nov. 3, 1970	Yes: 175,111 No: 82,789
1973	L.D. 1242 Ought to Pass -New Draft L.D. 1938	An Act Providing for a State Lottery	Enacted with amendments S-265 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Approval	P.L. 1973, c. 570	Shall 'An Act Providing for a State Lottery' , become Law?	Nov. 6, 1973	Yes: 154,911 No: 90,433
1976	L.D. 2249	An Act to Improve Solid Waste Management	Enacted with amendments S-486, S-489, S-490 and S-490 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Approval "Only section 16 of the Act was referred to Referendum"	P.L. 1975, c. 739	Shall Section 16 of 'An Act to Improve Solid Waste Management ' which Section Requires a Minimum 5 Deposit on all Returnable Beverage Containers, as Passed by the First Special Session of the 107th Legislature, become Law?	Nov. 2, 1976	Yes: 274,164 No: 200,200
1993	L.D. 1541	An Act Authorizing a Refereendum to ratify the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact with Maine and Vermont and Approving the Compact's Terms	Enacted with amendments H-609, H-617 and H-627 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Approval	P.L. 1993,c . 400	Do You Approve of the Interstate Compact to be Made with Texas, Maine and Vermont for the Disposal of the State's Low-Level Radioactive Waste at a Proposed Facility in the State of Texas?	Nov. 2, 1993	Yes: 170,411 No: 63,672
1995	L.D. 165	An Act to Require All Persons to Use Safety Belts in Motor Vehicles	Enacted with amendments S-91, H-135 and H-181 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Approval	P.L. 1995, c. 432	Do You Favor Requiring All Persons to Use Safety Belts in Motor Vehicles?	Nov. 7, 1995	Yes: 208,164 No: 204,928
1997	L.D. 1883	An Act to Ask Voters in a Referendum Whether One Travel Lane in Each Direction Should be Added to the Maine Turnpike, Paid for by Turnpike Tolls, to Reduce Accidents and Congestion	Enacted and Referred to Referendum for Voter Appoval	P.L. 1997, c. 493	Do You Favor Adding One Travel Lane in Each Direction to the Southern End of the Maine Turnpike, Paid for by Turnpike Tolls, to Reduce Accidents and Congestion?	Nov. 4, 1997	Yes: 210,629 No: 135,549
1997	L.D. 1892	An Act to Implement the Compact for Maine's Forests	Enacted with amendments H-924, H-931, H-933, S-605 and S-606 as a Competing Measures to 1995 I.B. 4 (L.D. 1819) in the Nov. 5, 1996 Referendum. Received the largest number of votes and was carried over the Nov. 4, 1997 Referendum for a final vote.	C.M.R. 1995, c. 1	Do You Want the Compact for Maine's Forests to Become Law to Promote Sustainable Forest Management Practices Throughout the State?	Nov. 4, 1997	Yes: 164,574 No: 182,368
2000	L.D. 2239	An Act to Ensure Civil Rights and to Prevent Discrimination	Enacted with amendments S-624 and Referred to Referendum for Voter Approval	P.L. 1999, c. 629	Do You Favor Ratifying the Action of the 119th Legislature whereby it Passed an Act Extending to All Citizens Regardless of Their Sexual Orientation the Same basic Rights to Protection Against Discrimination now Guaranteed to Citizens on the Basis of Race, Color, Religion, Sex or National Origin in the Areas of Employment, Housing, Public Accommodation and Credit and Where the Act Expressly States that Nothing in the Act Confers Legislative Approval of, or Special Rights to, Any Person or Group of Persons?	Nov. 7, 2000	Yes: 314,012 No: 318,846
2007	L.D. 1928	An Act to Extend from 4 to 6 Terms the Limits on Legislative Terms	Enacted and Referred to Referendum for Voter Approval	P.L. 2007, c. 465	Do you Favor Extending Term Limits for Legislators from 4 to 6 Terms?	Nov. 6, 2007	Yes: 88,832 No: 181,588