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Maine Healthcare Professionals Allowed to Perform Abortions Referendum (2019)

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Maine Healthcare Professionals Allowed to Perform Abortions Referendum
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Election date
November 5, 2019
Topic
Abortion
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Referendum
Origin
Citizens


The Maine Healthcare Professionals Allowed to Perform Abortions Referendum was not on the ballot in Maine as a veto referendum on November 5, 2019.

The veto referendum would have repealed Legislative Document 1261 (2019), which was designed to allow state-licensed physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to perform abortions.[1]

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title would have been as follows:[2]

Do you want to reject the new law that allows state-licensed physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to provide abortion services in compliance with existing state law?[3]

Full text

The full text of Legislative Document 1261 (LD 1261) is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Maine

Process in Maine

In Maine, the number of signatures required to qualify a veto referendum for the ballot is equal to 10 percent of the total votes cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Signatures are due 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session at which the targeted bill was passed.

The requirements to get a veto referendum certified for the 2019 ballot:

If enough signatures are verified, the targeted bill goes on the next election ballot at least 60 days away as a referendum.

Stages of this initiative

Jack McCarthy filed the veto referendum after the 2019 legislative session adjourned on June 20, 2019. The veto referendum was approved for signature gathering on July 19, 2019.[2]

See also

External links

Legislation

Footnotes

  1. Maine Secretary of State, "Legislative Document 1261," accessed July 19, 2019
  2. 2.0 2.1 Maine Secretary of State, "Citizens Initiatives & People's Veto," accessed July 24, 2019
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. If signatures are submitted before the 90-day deadline but less than 60 days from the November 2019 election, the referendum would appear at the next statewide election instead.