The Primary and Referendum Election is scheduled for Tuesday, June 8, 2010. South Berwick voting will take place at the 3rd floor auditorium in Town Hall beginning at 7 am. In Maine you may register to vote anytime, including the day of the election. For more information about who can vote and how to register go to the Maine Voter Guide.
Voters will be casting votes on the following:
Primary election:
Each of the three qualified parties in Maine (Democratic, Green Independent and Republican) will hold a primary election on June 10, 2008. You must be enrolled in a party to participate in the Primary Election.
If you are currently unenrolled, you may enroll in a party at any time, including Election Day, by completing and filing an enrollment application with your municipal registrar.
If you want to change enrollment from one party to another, you must have filed an application by Friday, May 23, 2008 in order to vote in the new party for the June 10th Primary.
To see candidates running in the primary elections go to Maine.gov Candidate Listing Page
SAD #35 District Budget Referendum
South Berwick and Eliot voters will vote on the SAD 35 budget. There will be two questions: 1)The Budget Validation Referendum (Single yes/no question on budget amount decided at the June 2 SAD 35 Budget Meeting )and 2) question on continuation of Budget Validation Referendum process.
For more information on the SAD 35 Budget go to the SAD 35 School Board Page.
Referendum Election
Referendum Elections are held to provide Maine’s citizens an opportunity to vote on People’s Veto Referenda, Direct Initiatives of Legislation (i.e. Citizen Initiatives), Bond Issues, other referenda proposed by the Legislature, and Constitutional Amendments.
Measures that will appear on the June 8, 2010 referendum ballot: (in the order they will appear on the ballot):
Question 1 (People’s Veto) (veto of PL 2009, c. 382 “An Act To Implement Tax Relief and Tax Reform”):
“Do you want to reject the new law that lowers Maine’s income tax and replaces that revenue by making changes to the sales tax?”
Question 2 (Bond Issue):
“Do you favor a $26,500,000 bond issue that will create jobs through investment in an off-shore wind energy demonstration site and related manufacturing to advance Maine’s energy independence from imported foreign oil, that will leverage $24,500,000 in federal and other funds and for energy improvements at campuses of the University of Maine System, Maine Community College System and Maine Maritime Academy in order to make facilities more efficient and less costly to operate?”
Question 3 (Bond Issue):
“Do you favor a $47,800,000 bond issue to create jobs in Maine through improvements to highways, railroads and marine facilities, including port and harbor structures, and specifying the allocation of $4,000,000 of the transportation bond approved by voters in November 2009 to be used for capital rail purposes?”
Question 4 (Bond Issue):
“Do you favor a $23,750,000 bond issue to provide capital investment to stimulate economic development and job creation by making investments under the Communities for Maine’s Future Program and in historic properties; providing funding for research and development investments awarded through a competitive process; providing funds for disbursements to qualifying small businesses; and providing grants for food processing for fishing, agricultural, dairy and lumbering businesses within the State and redevelopment projects at the Brunswick Naval Air Station that will make the State eligible for over $39,000,000 in federal and other matching funds?”
Question 5 (Bond Issue):
“Do you favor a $10,250,000 bond issue to improve water quality, support drinking water programs and the construction of wastewater treatment facilities and to assist farmers in the development of environmentally sound water sources that will leverage $33,250,000 in federal and other funds?”
The Secretary of State provides a Citizen’s Guide that includes:
- each of the five referendum questions;
- the legislation each question represents;
- a summary of the intent and content of the legislation;
- an explanation of the significance of a “yes” or “no” vote;
- an analysis of the debt service on the bond issues;
- an estimate of the fiscal impact of each referendum question on state revenues, appropriations and allocations;
- public comments filed in support of or in opposition to each ballot measure.
