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The citizen's initiative also seeks to impose strict testing and tracking requirements on Maine's medical marijuana industry. But first, the proponents will have to gather enough signatures to send the issue to voters.

The competing narratives about Question 1’s true objectives and potential impacts are perhaps best epitomized by the names of the groups leading the fight on either side: Voter ID for ME and the Save Maine Absentee Voting Coalition.

A Voter ID proposal will appear as Question 1 on the ballot while a proposed "red flag" gun law will be Question 2.

Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that Maine's $5,000 cap on donations to super PACs was unconstitutional. But the groups behind the law say the U.S. Supreme Court has never decided this specific issue.