Maine 1989 ballot measures

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Fourteen statewide ballot measures were on the November 7, 1989 ballot in Maine.

• Two of the measures were indirect initiated state statutes.
• Ten of the measures were legislatively referred bond questions.
• One of the measures was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
• One of the measures was a legislatively referred state statute.
• Eleven of the measures were approved and three were defeated.

On the ballot

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
IndISS	Question 1	Elections	Establishes a voluntary system of public financing of gubernatorial campaigns	d
IndISS	Question 2	War & Peace	Directs governor to persuade the federal government to stop testing of cruise missiles in Maine's airspace	a
BI	Question 3A	Prisons	Issues $14.5 million to build and repair correctional facilities, primarily for juvenile corrections	a
BI	Question 3B	Prisons	Issues $35 million in bonds to build, repair and renovate adult correctional facilities	d
BI	Question 4	Environment	Issues $5 million to fund grants to solid waste regional commissions and municipalities for recycling equipment	a
BI	Question 5	Education	Issues $20,210,600 for capital improvements to all campuses of the Maine Vocational Technical Institute System	a
BI	Question 6	Utilities	Issues $4.4 million in bonds to build sewerage facilities	a
BI	Question 7	Transportation	Issues $21 million in bonds for highway, state and local bridges, harbor and airport improvements	a
BI	Question 8	Healthcare	Issues $7 million in bonds to provide funds in the forms of grants and a loan fund for programs serving people with mental illnesses	a
BI	Question 9	Bonds	Issues $12 million for detection and removal of asbestos in state facilities and public schools	a
BI	Question 10	Environment	Issues $6 million in bonds to clean up and close solid waste landfills that posed a hazard to public health and to ground water quality	a
BI	Question 11	Housing	$15 million in bonds to enhance affordable housing opportunities	a
LRCA	Question 12	Housing	Insures the payment of mortgage loans for affordable housing for Maine citizens with a limit of $25 million in the aggregate	d
LRSS	Question 13	Nuclear	Approves disposal of low-level radioactive waste at an existing facility in Beatty, Nevada	a

See also

• 1989 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 7, 1989: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," October 31, 1989
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Votes on Initiated Bills 1980-
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Votes on Maine Bond Issues, 1951-
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Referenda Votes on Acts of the Maine Legislature 1910-