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Gay marriage, taxes top questions on Maine ballot

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

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Here are the seven referendum questions on Tuesday's statewide ballot.

-- Question 1: Do you want to overturn the state law allowing same-sex marriages?

-- Question 2: Do you support cutting Maine's excise tax for newer cars and trucks and exempt hybrid and other alternative-energy and fuel-efficient vehicles from sales tax and three years of excise tax?

-- Question 3: Do you want to repeal the school district consolidation law adopted two years ago?

-- Question 4: Do you want to limit state and municipal government spending and taxes to a formula tied to inflation, and require voter approval to exceed those limits?

-- Question 5: Do you support expanding Maine's medical marijuana law to cover new illnesses and to allow dispensaries from which the drug can be distributed to patients?

-- Question 6: Do you support a $71 million bond issue for transportation improvements?

-- Question 7: Do you support a constitutional amendment to give officials more time to certify signatures for elections?