Maine voters are deciding on five referendums Tuesday, including several bonds, limiting donations to political action committees and changing the official state flag back to the original 1901 design featuring a pine tree and blue star.
Follow results of the five referendum questions once polls close at 8 p.m.
Question 1: $5,000 limit for some political donations
Do you want to set a $5,000 limit for giving to political action committees that spend money independently to support or defeat candidates for office?
Question 2: $25 million research and development bond
Do you favor a bond issue of $25 million to provide funds, to be awarded through a competitive process and to leverage matching private and federal funds on at least a one-to-one basis, for research and development and commercialization for Maine-based public and private institutions in support of technological innovation in the targeted sectors of life sciences and biomedical technology, environmental and renewable energy technology, information technology, advanced technologies for forestry and agriculture, aquaculture and marine technology, composites and advanced materials and precision manufacturing?
Question 3: $10M historic buildings restoration bond
Do you favor a $10 million bond issue to restore historic buildings owned by governmental and nonprofit organizations, with funds being issued contingent on a 25 percent local match requirement from either private or nonprofit sources?
Question 4: $30M trails bond
Do you favor a $30 million bond issue to invest in the design, development and maintenance for nonmotorized, motorized and multi-use trails statewide, to be matched by at least $3 million in private and public contributions?
Question 5: Changing the state flag
Do you favor making the former state flag, replaced as the official flag of the State in 1909 and commonly known as the Pine Tree Flag, the official flag of the State?
