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10/10/2016

Absentee voting for Nov. 8 state, state referendum and municipal election Oct. 11 through Nov. 3

Absentee ballots are available for the Nov. 8, 2016 presidential, state, state referendum and municipal. [Sample ballots] [Go to online absentee ballot application form]

Presidential, State, State Referendum, Municipal Election
Polls open
7 a.m.-8 p.m. Nov. 8, 2016
Cape Elizabeth High School (directions)

'Any reason' absentee voting at Town Hall (directions)
7:30-5 p.m. Mondays
7:30-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays
Tuesday, Oct. 11 until 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3

Questions?
Town Clerk Debra Lane, 207-799-7665.

"Any reason" absentee ballots are available at Town Hall during business hours Tuesday, Oct. 11 until 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. Registered voters may vote absentee for any reason during this time.

Requests for absentee ballots to be mailed or delivered must also be received by the town clerk's office by 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3

Voter registration

Residents may register to vote at the town clerk's office prior to Election Day, or at the polls on Election Day. Proof of residency and proof of identity is required.

Polls will be open on Election Day at Cape Elizabeth High School from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. All election activity will take place at the polls on Election Day.

Any questions should be directed to Town Clerk Debra Lane, 207-799-7665.

For more information about voting absentee, please see our Elections & Voting services section

State and Referendum Ballot Questions

Download Sample Ballots: House Dist. 30 | House Dist. 32 | Referendum | Municipal

United States President/Vice President
Vote for ONE (1)

Clinton, Hillary Rodham
Kaine, Timothy Michael
Democratic

Johnson, Gary
Weld, Bill
Libertarian

Stein, Jill
Baraka, Ajamu
Green Independent

Trump, Donald J.
Pence, Michael R.
Republican

Write-in

Representative to Congress
District 1
Vote for ONE (1)

Holbrook, Mark I.
Brunswick
Republican

Pingree, Chellie
North Haven
Democratic

Write-in

State Senator
District 29
Vote for ONE (1)

MacAuslan, Martha
Cape Elizabeth
Independent

Millett, Rebecca
Cape Elizabeth
Democratic

Write-in

Representative to the Legislature
District 30
Vote for ONE (1)

Monaghan, Kimberly J.
Cape Elizabeth
Democratic

Van Syckel, George W.
Cape Elizabeth
Republican

Write-in

Representative to the Legislature
District 32
Vote for ONE (1)

Hamann, Scott
South Portland
Democratic

Write-in

Register of Probate

Daniels, Nadeen M.
Portland
Democratic

Hughes, James
Freeport
Republican

Write-in

Questions that will appear on the November 8, 2016 referendum ballot: (in the order they will appear on the ballot):

Question 1: Citizen Initiative
Legislation

Do you want to allow the possession and use of marijuana under state law by persons who are at least 21 years of age, and allow the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products subject to state regulation, taxation and local ordinance?

Question 2: Citizen Initiative
Legislation

Do you want to add a 3% tax on individual Maine taxable income above $200,000 to create a state fund that would provide direct support for student learning in kindergarten through 12th grade public education?

Question 3: Citizen Initiative
Legislation

Do you want to require background checks prior to the sale or transfer of firearms between individuals not licensed as firearms dealers, with failure to do so punishable by law, and with some exceptions for family members, hunting, self-defense, lawful competitions, and shooting range activity?

Question 4: Citizen Initiative
Legislation

Do you want to raise the minimum hourly wage of $7.50 to $9 in 2017, with annual $1 increases up to $12 in 2020, and annual cost-of-living increases thereafter; and do you want to raise the direct wage for service workers who receive tips from half the minimum wage to $5 in 2017, with annual $1 increases until it reaches the adjusted minimum wage?

Question 5: Citizen Initiative
Legislation

Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?

Question 6:   Bond Issue
Legislation

Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities, equipment and property acquisition related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds?

 


Municipal Ballot Questions

TOWN COUNCIL
For three year term until December 9, 2019
Vote for up to TWO(2)

AURITT, SHANNON K.

JORDAN, CAITLIN R.

JORDAN, PENELOPE A.

............. Write-in

............. Write-in

SCHOOL BOARD
For three year term until December 9, 2019
Vote for up to TWO (2)

CARR, KIMBERLY L.

MEASELLE HUBBS, SUSANA

............. Write-in

............. Write-in