state ballot questions 2018
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PublishedAugust 17, 2018
Will Maine referendum on home care penalize married couples?
Analysts disagree on whether the ballot measure to fund home care would create a 'marriage penalty' for couples filing joint income tax returns.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2018
Conservative group’s study suggests cash from outside has too much influence on state referendums
The Maine Heritage Policy Center finds that 71 percent of money spent for or against passage was contributed by out-of-staters.
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PublishedJune 25, 2018
Here’s how Maine’s ballot question on universal home care will read
A group opposing Question 1 argues that the initiative, which would raise taxes on wealthy Mainers to pay for home care for the elderly and disabled, violates the Maine Constitution.