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Your Vote 2016

Your Vote 2016

Thank you to our Your Vote 2016 sponsors: MEMIC, Lambert Coffin and the Colby Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civil Engagement.
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES:

First District Congressional Debate
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- More Coverage: Chellie Pingree Maine Calling, Mark Holbrook Maine Calling

Second District Congressional Debate
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- More Coverage: Emily Cain Maine Calling. Note: Congressman Poliquin declined our invitation to appear on Maine Calling for a Your Vote 2016 profile.

BALLOT QUESTIONS:

Question 1 legalizes, regulates and taxes marijuana as an agricultural product.
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- More Coverage: High Stakes: How Legalizing Pot Could Affect Maine

Question 2 establishes a 3% tax on household income over $200,000 to increase public school aid.
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- More Coverage: Mainers to Decide: Pay for Education Costs With Tax on Wealthy?

Question 3 requires specific background checks for gun sales and transfers.
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- More Coverage: Culture Clash: Mainers Takes Sides in Gun Control Referendum

Question 4 increases minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020.
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- More Coverage: Raising the Minimum Wage

Question 5 establishes statewide ranked-choice voting.
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- More Coverage: Can Ranked-Choice Voting Improve Maine's Elections?, A Primer on Ranked- Choice Voting, produced by Minnesota Public Radio News.
Question 6 issues $100 million in bonds for transportation projects.

Additional Coverage:

George Mitchell: 'From Mudslinging to Mutual Respect: How to Make Politics More Civil' (Watch Now), (Listen Now)

Archive resources:

Bruce Poliquin (R): Profile (2014), Maine Calling interview (2014)