{"id":97651,"date":"2025-10-07T17:40:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97651"},"modified":"2025-10-07T17:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:40:41","slug":"citizens-guide-to-november-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97651","title":{"rendered":"Citizens&#8217; Guide to November Referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Grange-Resources.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-attachment-id=\"92034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?attachment_id=92034\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Grange-Resources.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Grange Resources\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reprinted with permission from an enewsletter published by Maine Senator Stacey Guerin.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Grange-Resources.jpg?fit=840%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Grange-Resources.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Grange-Resources.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Grange-Resources.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Grange-Resources.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Grange-Resources.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Grange-Resources.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reprinted with permission from an enewsletter published by Maine Senator Stacey Guerin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Nov 4, 2025, voters will have the opportunity to decide on local candidates seeking public office and the fate of two questions appearing on this year\u2019s ballot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For each referendum election, the Department of the Secretary of State (SOS) publishes a voter guide with the full text of the laws proposed in the referenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full citizens\u2019 guide can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/sos\/sites\/maine.gov.sos\/files\/inline-files\/MaineCitizensGuide2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elections will be held for various city, town and school board officials. Ballots in some municipalities may also have questions regarding county or local initiatives. Absentee voting across the state began on Monday, Oct.6. To obtain an absentee ballot or for more information about early voting, you can contact your local town office or request an absentee ballot online. If you need information regarding Maine Election Law or have election-related questions, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/sos\/elections-voting\/upcoming-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Secretary of State\u2019s website<\/a> or contact them by phone at 207-624-7736.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov 4, 2025, voters will have the opportunity to decide on local candidates seeking public office and the fate of two questions appearing on this year\u2019s ballot For each referendum election, the Department of the Secretary of State (SOS) publishes a voter guide with the full text of the laws proposed in the referenda. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97651\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Citizens&#8217; Guide to November Referendum&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[88,218],"tags":[664,206,451,665],"post_folder":[509],"class_list":["post-97651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative","category-resources-for-granges-and-grangers","tag-2025-maine-referendum","tag-grange-advocacy","tag-maine-elections","tag-maine-secretary-of-state"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"On Nov 4, 2025, voters will have the opportunity to decide on local candidates seeking public office and the fate of two questions appearing on this year\u2019s ballot For each referendum election, the Department of the Secretary of State (SOS) publishes a voter guide with the full text of the laws proposed in the referenda.&hellip;","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1arC1-pp1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97652,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97651\/revisions\/97652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97651"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=97651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}