Maine GOP packages 2016 welfare, tax cuts into single ballot question
Source: Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Republican Party Chairman Rick Bennett said Wednesday that the party intends to send major tax and welfare reforms it hopes to enact through citizen initiative in 2016 to voters as a single ballot question.
Though Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, a Democrat, has final say regarding how the question will be worded, Bennett said he hopes the wording will be simple, to the effect of “Do you want to reform welfare and reduce taxes?”
The Maine Republican Party filed paperwork Wednesday with Dunlap’s office to kick off the petition process.
At issue is a major petition drive that is expected to unfold in the coming months after the Legislature blocked a range of bills sponsored by Gov. Paul LePage and Republicans this year. Most of those initiatives were defeated at the committee level or voted down by Democrats, who hold the majority in the House of Representatives.
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