Selectmen are expected to move on a required vote for placing a temporary ban on considering applications for the retail businesses authorized in Question 1.
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Group withdraws request for recount of education surcharge vote
Opponents cite concerns over the planned counting procedure and cost. Meanwhile, the marijuana legalization recount starts Monday and could take four to six weeks.
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Recounts to start soon on marijuana, tax surcharge referendums
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office has not yet announced a date, but the counting is expected to begin next week.
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Advocates of legal marijuana wary of Trump’s AG pick
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is critical of the industry, blaming President Obama for its growth.
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Augusta weighs temporary ban on recreational marijuana businesses
Like other communities in Maine, it will consider a moratorium to give it time to prepare for legalization.
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Farmington joins communities passing marijuana moratoriums
The town’s planning board put a six-month hold on implementing the changes passed by the legal pot referendum.
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Portland passes moratorium to delay opening of marijuana businesses
The city joins more than a half-dozen other Maine communities that are giving themselves time to adopt ordinances regulating marijuana locally.
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Maine nears recounts on marijuana legalization, education tax measures
The signatures have been certified on petitions calling for the recounts, the Secretary of State’s Office says.
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Recounts requested for legalized marijuana, school surcharge votes
Petitioners say the results were close and could be reversed, but others say nothing will change and state funds will be wasted.
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Marijuana may not become legal in Maine until January
If the Secretary of State’s Office and the governor take the maximum time allowed, the effective date could be Jan. 7.