The Bowdoin Orient

Registration: U.S. citizens who will be 18 years of age or older on or before election day may register to vote up to and including Election Day. If you are registered in Maine but have since changed your address, you will need to update your registration. Be prepared to prove your Maine residency, e.g. with a Bowdoin Directory or utility bill. Note that registering in Maine may affect state scholarship eligibility.

Hours: Polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Under Maine law, you must be allowed to vote if you are in line by 8 p.m.

Districts: Bowdoin students living on campus are split between Districts 63 and 66 for the state election and between Districts 2, 5, 6, and 7 for the town election. You may choose not to vote for a question or office by leaving those circles blank. If you make a mistake, do not erase; you may request a new ballot.

Challenged ballots: Legally, you may not be turned away! If your residency or identification is in question, you must be allowed to cast a challenged ballot.

Question 1: People’s Veto - 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 - 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 - Do you want to repeal the 2007 law on school district consolidation and restore the laws previously in effect?

Question 4: Citizen Initiative - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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?

Council Representative at Large

• Joanne King
• Karen Klatt

School Board Representative at Large

• Michelle A. Small