Gambling Defeated, Same-Day Voter Registration Restored
The results are in for the 2011 off-year ballot initiatives in Maine.
Here is how the people voted:
- Question 1: Yes; This vote restores same-day voter registration in Maine
- Question 2: No; Mainers rejected proposals to build new gambling facilities in Biddeford and Calais
- Question 3: No; Mainers also rejected a new gambling facility in Lewiston
- Question 4: Yes; Mainers approved a change to the state's Constitution which would set redistricting of the Maine Legislature, congressional districts and county commissioner districts at a ten-year schedule
And here are the results of a few local initiatives of interest:
- Residents of Cumberland County have approved a 33 million dollar bond to renovate the Cumberland County Civic Center
- Raymond Wallace of Dexter, a Republican, kept his seat in Maine's House District 24 [BDN]
- Due to the complexities of instant-runoff voting, the next Mayor of Portland won't be announced until today









