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Maine Clearcutting Ban Versus Sustainable Forest Management Practices, Question 2 (1996)
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The Maine Clearcutting Ban Versus Sustainable Forest Management Practices Initiative, also known as Question 2, was on the November 5, 1996 ballot in Maine as an indirect initiated state statute, where the legislative competing measure, Option 2B was approved. The measure asked voters to choose between three options:[1][2][3]
- Option 2A Citizen Initiative: Bans clearcutting and other new logging standards
- Option 2B Competing Measure: Promotes sustainable forest management by making Compact for Maine's Forests law
- Option 2C: Against options 2A and 2B
Because Option 2B did not receive more than half of the vote, it was resubmitted a single option to voters in 1997, where it was defeated.
Aftermath
In a three-way contest like this one, Maine's constitution requires that one of the options receive more than half of the votes to be approved and enacted. If no option succeeds in securing this, the measure receiving the majority is voted upon by itself at the next statewide election to be held no less than 60 days after the first vote. This was the case for Option 2B, as it only received 47.35 percent of the vote. It was placed on the November 4, 1997 ballot, where it was ultimately defeated.
Election results
| Maine Question 2 (1996) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Option 2A: Citizen Initiative | 175,078 | 29.33% | ||
 Option 2B: Competing Measure | 282,620 | 47.35% | ||
| Option 2C: Against A and B | 139,176 | 23.32% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Votes on Initiated Bills 1980-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[4]
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2A: Citizen Initiative
2B: Competing Measures
2C: Against A and B
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Similar measures
See also
- Maine 1996 ballot measures
- 1996 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Sample Ballot Referendum Election, November 5, 1996," November 2-3, 1996
- Maine Citizen's Guide to the Referendum Election, Tuesday, November 5, 1996 from Maine Secretary of State
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Votes on Initiated Bills 1980-
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Votes on Initiated Bills 1980-," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State: Division of Elections, "Maine Citizen's Guide to the Referendum Election, Tuesday, November 5, 1996," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Laws of the State of Maine as Passed by the One Hundred and Seventeenth Legislature, "Initiated Bills, Chapter 2," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Sample Ballot Referendum Election, November 5, 1996," November 2-3, 1996
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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