Groups had until Friday evening to turn in petition signatures to town clerks, the first critical step in qualifying to put a ‘people’s veto’ question on the ballot next year.
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Another View: Mainers have no obligation to sign people’s veto petitions
No one should support a position with which they disagree just to send the question to the voters.
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Jim Fossel: People’s veto a check on power
The direct voice of the Maine voter should be heard on the most controversial laws.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Opponents of a dozen new laws aim to erase them with ‘people’s veto’ campaigns
With a short time to collect 63,067 signatures, special interest groups and individuals file more than a dozen requests to challenge newly signed laws.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
‘People’s veto’ campaigns target new Maine abortion and vaccination laws
The groups behind the campaigns want voters to decide on laws that require insurers to cover abortion and that eliminate broad exemptions for childhood vaccinations.
Posted inBusiness, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
Winners and losers of the 2019 legislative session
Democrats used their legislative majority and control of the Blaine House to push through many bills in health care, education and the environment, but some measures still fell by the wayside.
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Tighter vaccination law could spur increase in medical exemptions
Medical exemptions jumped after California passed a law similar to Maine’s in 2015, but Maine officials hope to avoid that problem.
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Our View: Outbreaks show why public health is so important
A strong public health system can stop an outbreak of infectious disease before it causes real trouble.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Senate vote sends bill to end vaccine exemptions to governor’s desk
A recent measles case in Maine was cited by both supporters and opponents of the measure to end all non-medical exemptions to school-required vaccinations.
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Vaccinated child had Maine’s first case of measles in 2 years, say health officials
The case was confirmed Monday in a school-aged child in Somerset County, and the agency says others may have been exposed at schools in Madison and the hospital in Skowhegan.