United States President & Vice President

• Johnson, Gary E. and Gray, James P. - (Libertarian) .............. 39
• Obama, Barack and Biden, Joe - (Democrat) ................ 4018
• Romney, Mitt and Ryan, Paul - (Republican) .............. 2261
• Stein, Jill and Honkala, Cheri - (Green Independent) ............ 42

United States Senate

• Dalton, Danny Francis, Brunswick - (Non-Party) ............. 9
  
• Dill, Cynthia Ann, Cape Elizabeth - (Democrat) .............. 1006
  
• Dodge, Andrew Ian, Harpswell - (Independent for Liberty) .... 14
  
• King, Angus, Brunswick - (Independent for Maine) ................ 3717
  
• Summers, Charles E., Jr., Scarborough - (Republican) ............ 1539
  
• Woods, Stephen M., Yarmouth - (Independent) ............ 29
  

United States House of Representatives, District 1

• Courtney, Jonathan T. E., Sanford - (Republican) ............ 1995
  
• Pingree, Chellie, North Haven - (Democrat) .............. 4228
  

Maine Senate, District 7

• Millett, Rebecca J., Cape Elizabeth - (Democrat) ............ 4109
  
• Wallace, Michael Darren, South Portland - (Republican) ...... 1937
  

Maine House of Representatives, District 121

• Monaghan-Derrig, Kimberly J., Cape Elizabeth - (Democrat) ............ 3022
  
• Thompson, Nancy E., Cape Elizabeth - (Republican) ........................... 2330

Maine House of Representatives, District 123

• Bishop, Roger A., Cape Elizabeth - (Undeclared (Independent)) ............ 344
  
• Hamann, Scott M., South Portland - (Democrat) ............ 285
  
• Myrick, Kenneth Earl, South Portland - (Republican) ............ 183
  

Cumberland County Register of Probate

• O'Brien, John B., Portland - (Democrat)
  ............ 4789

Cumberland County Commissioner District 4

• Coward, Thomas S., South Portland - (Democrat)
  ............ 4730

The following referenda questions will appear on the ballot, in this order: 

Question 1:  Citizen Initiative

Do you want to allow the State of Maine to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples?

YES ............ 4557
NO ............. 1727

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Question 2:   Bond Issue

Do you favor an $11,300,000 bond issue to provide funds for capital to build a diagnostic facility for the University of Maine System; for capital improvements and equipment, including machine tool technology, for the Maine Community College System; and for capital improvements and equipment at the Maine Maritime Academy?

YES ............ 3846
NO ............. 2251

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Question 3:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to purchase land and conservation easements statewide from willing sellers for public land and water access, conservation, wildlife or fish habitat and outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing and deer wintering areas, and to preserve working farmland and working waterfronts to be matched by at least $5,000,000 in private and public contributions?

YES ............ 4376
NO ............. 1759

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Question 4:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a $51,500,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, local roads, airports and port facilities, as well as for funds for rail access, transit buses and the LifeFlight Foundation, which will make the State eligible for at least $105,600,000 in federal and other matching funds?

YES ............ 4858
NO ............. 1268

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Question 5:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a $7,925,000 bond issue to be expended over 2 years for revolving loan funds for drinking water systems and for wastewater treatment facilities, which will make the State eligible to secure $39,625,000 in federal grants?

YES ............ 4676
NO ............. 1433

 

 

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MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS
November 6, 2012

    

Citizen Vote on Proposed Library Project
Shall the Town of Cape Elizabeth borrow up to $6.0 million to fund a new Thomas Memorial Library and accept private donations to assist with the project?
YES  ...... 2,696
NO ........ 3,566

Proposed Charter Amendment
Shall the proposed charter amendment to the Council-Manager Charter of the Town of Cape Elizabeth, a copy of which is printed herein, be adopted?
YES........... 4,157
NO ........... 1,372

ARTICLE VIII

Initiative and Referendum

 

Sec. 1. Petition for overrule of ordinance.  action of council. All ordinances, except emergency ordinances passed pursuant to Article II, Section 12, or any vote for a single capital expenditure or a single capital improvement, the total cost of which exceeds 0.05 percent of the last state valuation, shall be subject to overrule by a referendum. as hereinafter provided; except the following shall not be subject to referendum:

 

1. If, within 20 days after the enactment of any such ordinances or passage of any such vote, a petition signed by not less than 10% of the registered voters of the Town of Cape Elizabeth is filed with the town clerk requesting its reference to a referendum, the council shall call a public hearing to be held within 30 days from the date of the filing of such petition with the town clerk and shall, within 14 days after said public hearing, designate a time and place for the purpose of submitting to a referendum vote the question of adopting such ordinance. or approving such vote. Pending action by referendum, the referred ordinance or vote shall be suspended from going into operation until it has received an affirmative vote of the majority of the voters voting on said question.

 

1. The annual budget; provided, however, if a single capital expenditure or a single capital improvement, the total cost of which exceeds 0.05 percent of the last state valuation, is included in the annual budget, then that part of the annual budget shall be subject to referendum;

 

 

Sec. 2. Referendum for approval of certain capital expenditures.  Any vote by the council for a single capital expenditure of town funds or a single capital improvement not arising from a fire or other casualty loss, nor arising from a federal or state mandate, the total cost of which exceeds One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), whether as a separate vote or included in the approved annual budget, shall be submitted to a referendum vote at a time designated by the council.  Pending action by referendum, the referred vote, or budget item, shall be suspended from going into operation until it has received an affirmative vote of the majority of voters voting on said question.  This section shall not apply to the refinancing of previously authorized debt.

 

(The sections which follow will be renumbered as needed.)

 

Explanation

The intent of this proposal is to require most single capital expenditures exceeding $1.0 million in value to be approved by the voters.   The current provision is that a binding citizen vote occurs only after the town clerk receives a petition signed by 10% of the registered voters asking for a council approved capital expenditure valued at more than 0.05% of the state valuation to be overridden.  Currently, approximately 750 signatures of voters are needed to attempt to override an expenditure exceeding $855,375 in value.