10/10/2016
Absentee ballots are available for the Nov. 8, 2016 presidential, state, state referendum and municipal. [Sample ballots] [Go to online absentee ballot application form]
'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
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
DemocraticJohnson, Gary
Weld, Bill
LibertarianStein, Jill
Baraka, Ajamu
Green IndependentTrump, Donald J.
Pence, Michael R.
RepublicanWrite-in
Representative to Congress
District 1
Vote for ONE (1)
Holbrook, Mark I.
Brunswick
Republican
Pingree, Chellie
North Haven
DemocraticWrite-in
State Senator
District 29
Vote for ONE (1)
MacAuslan, Martha
Cape Elizabeth
IndependentMillett, Rebecca
Cape Elizabeth
DemocraticWrite-in
Representative to the Legislature
District 30
Vote for ONE (1)
Monaghan, Kimberly J.
Cape Elizabeth
DemocraticVan Syckel, George W.
Cape Elizabeth
RepublicanWrite-in
Representative to the Legislature
District 32
Vote for ONE (1)
Hamann, Scott
South Portland
DemocraticWrite-in
Register of Probate
Daniels, Nadeen M.
Portland
DemocraticHughes, James
Freeport
RepublicanWrite-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?
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