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Maine Question 3, formally An Act to Require Background Checks for Gun Sales, [1] was a citizen-initiated referendum question that appeared on the Maine November 8, 2016 statewide ballot. It sought to require a background check for virtually all gun transfers in Maine , with some exceptions.
The 2024 Maine flag referendum (formally known as Question 5) was a legislatively referred state statute held on November 5, 2024, that sought to change the official state flag from the current version, first enacted in 1909, to a variation of the 1901 flag.
Maine was the first state to use instant runoff voting for all these elections. In 2016, Maine voters approved Maine Question 5 with 52% of the vote, approving instant runoff voting for primary and general elections for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the state legislature, starting in 2018. [14]
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Maine is one of two states that apportions electoral votes by congressional district — the other is Nebraska. Trump has won Maine's 2nd Congressional District vote by more than 7 percentage points twice in a row. Both times, it was the only electoral vote he won in New England, and in 2020 it was his only electoral vote northeast of Appalachia.
Maine Question 3, the Right to Produce, Harvest, and Consume Food Amendment, was on the ballot in Maine as a proposed constitutional amendment on November 2, 2021. As required by the Maine Constitution , it passed the Maine Legislature by a 2/3 vote.
Requires the state to adopt an election system where the winner must receive a majority of the vote. [60] TBD: Nevada: Citizens Failed [25] Question 3: Implements a top-five nonpartisan blanket primary; with ranked-choice voting for the general election for state and federal offices. [61] Nov 5 >50% TBD: North Carolina: Legislature: Approved [62]
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine were held on November 5, 2024, to elect both U.S. representatives from the State of Maine, one from each of the state's congressional districts.