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Maine Removal of Protections Based on Sexual Orientation Initiative (2017)

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Maine Removal of Protections Based on Sexual Orientation Initiative
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Election date
November 7, 2017
Topic
LGBT issues
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute		Origin
Citizens

The Maine Removal of Protections Based on Sexual Orientation Initiative did not qualify for the ballot in Maine as an indirect initiated state statute on November 7, 2017.

The measure would have removed protections from sexual orientation-based discrimination from the Maine Human Rights Act.[1]

Text of measure

Summary

The summary of the measure was as follows:[1]

“

This initiated bill removes protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation from the Maine Human Rights Act and provides that special rights may not be afforded to a person based on that person's sexual orientation.[2]

”

Full text

The full text of the measure can be found here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Maine and Signature requirements for ballot measures in Maine
  • Michael Heath submitted the petition, and the measure was issued and approved for circulation on April 21, 2016.[3]
  • To qualify for the 2017 ballot, proponents needed to collect 61,123 signatures—a number determined by taking 10 percent of the total votes cast for governor in November 2014—by January 26, 2017.[4] No signatures were submitted.
  • The measure expired on October 21, 2017.[3]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maine Secretary of State, "An Act To Remove Protections Based on Sexual Orientation from the Maine Human Rights Act," accessed October 19, 2016
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Maine Secretary of State, "Citizen Initiative Petitions Currently Approved for Circulation," accessed October 20, 2016
  4. ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "Deadlines for Current Citizen Initiatives," accessed October 20, 2016
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