VOTING INFORMATION

Primary and Referendum Election: November 2, 2010

Absentee Ballots Applications available after August 2, 2010

Absentee Ballots available: TBD

REFERENDUM QUESTIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER 2, 2010 BALLOT


QUESTION 1: CITIZEN INITIATIVE

Do you want to allow a casino with table games and slot machines at a single site in Oxford County, subject to local approval, with part of the profits going to specific state, local and tribal programs?


QUESTION 2: BOND ISSUE

Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to be awarded on a competitive basis to increase access to dental care in Maine, $3,500,000 to be used for a community-based teaching dental clinic affiliated with or operated by a college of dental medicine to be matched by $3,500,000 in other funds, and $1,500,000 to be used to create or upgrade community-based health and dental care clinics across the State to increase their capacity as teaching and dental clinics?


QUESTION 3: BOND ISSUE

Do you favor a $9,750,000 bond issue to invest in land conservation and working waterfront preservation and to preserve parks to be matched by $9,250,000 in federal and other funds?


Absentee Voting Information

WHAT IS ABSENTEE VOTING AND HOW DOES IT WORK? Absentee voting allows you to cast a ballot without going to a voting place on Election day.

WHO MAY VOTE ABSENTEE? Any registered voter may cast an absentee ballot instead of voting in person at a voting place on Election Day.  You DON'T need to have a specific reason or be unable to vote at the polls on Election Day to receive an absentee ballot.

WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT? 1. Complete an absentee ballot application to get a ballot; then, 2. Fill out and deliver the ballot back to the municipal clerk.

WHEN CAN I REQUEST A BALLOTS?  Absentee ballots may be requested beginning 3 months before Election Day.  Make your request early to allow enough time for the ballot to be mailed to you.  AUGUST 2ND!

HOW DO I APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT? Contact the municipal clerk in the town or city where you are registered to vote.  You can make a telephone request for your own ballot, which will be mailed to the address you provide the clerk.  Some municipalities allow you to request your own ballot by email.  To see if the municipality where you are registered to vote will allow this, check out the following web site: www.maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/voter_absenteeform.html   You can make a written request by completing an absentee ballot application.  Additionally, you can obtain a ballot for an immediate family member in this same way.  A ballot will be mailed to the voter directly or to an immediate family member making the request.  Your municipal clerk can tell you who is considered an immediate family member under law.   NOTE: Ballots obtained by the voter or an immediate family member do not require witnesses, unless the voter receives assistance from another person in reading or marking the ballot.

Applications are available from the municipal clerk or online on starting March 8th: Absentee form

CAN I VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT IN PERSON SOMEWHERE? Yes you may vote absentee at the clerk's office as soon as absentee ballots are available.  Absentee ballots are available 30-45 days before the election at the municipal clerk's office.  You don't need to complete an application if you vote in person at the clerk's office.                             BALLOTS AVAILABLE: tbd

WHEN MUST MY VOTED BALLOT BE RETURNED TO MY MUNICIPAL CLERK?  To be counted, voted absentee ballots must be received by the municipal clerk by 8:00p.m. on Election Day, November 2, 2010

ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAYS TO RECEIVE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT?  You may make a written request for a "third person" (someone other than the voter or the voter's immediate family member) to obtain and hand-deliver an absentee ballot.

You must designate, in a written request or application, the specific third person who will handle and deliver the ballot.  Only this designated third person may handle the absentee ballot. Ballots cast in this way must be witnessed by either a notary public, a municipal clerk, a clerk of courts, or 2 other witnesses.

For more information please contact :

Division of Elections                                                                                                                                                                                101 State House Station                                                                                                                                                                             Augusta, ME  04333-0101                                                                                                                                                                         624-7650                                                                                                                                                                                              Email: cec.elections@maine.gov                                                                                                                                                     Website:  www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/