The Bowdoin Orient

November 10, 2000
Volume CXXXII, Number 9

Maine Election and Referendum Results

QUESTION 1:
ASSISTED SUICIDE
SHOULD A TERMINALLY ILL ADULT WHO IS OF SOUND MIND BE ALLOWED TO ASK FOR AND RECEIVE A DOCTOR’S HELP TO DIE?
NO - 51.35% | YES - 48.65%

QUESTION 2:
CLEAR-CUTTING
SHOULD A TERMINALLY ILL ADULT WHO IS OF SOUND MIND BE ALLOWED TO ASK FOR AND RECEIVE A DOCTOR’S HELP TO DIE?
NO - 71.57% | YES - 28.43%

QUESTION 3:
VIDEO GAMBLING
DO YOU WANT TO ALLOW VIDEO LOTTERY MACHINES AT CERTAIN HORSE RACING TRACKS IF 40 PERCENT OF THE PROFITS ARE USED FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF?
NO - 60.4% | YES - 39.6%

QUESTION 4:
COMMERCIAL FISHING PROPERTY
DO YOU FAVOR AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION OF MAINE TO ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LAND USED FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITIES BASED ON THE CURRENT USE OF THAT PROPERTY?
NO - 50.46% | YES - 49.54%

QUESTION 5:
MENTALLY ILL VOTERS
DO YOU FAVOR AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION OF MAINE TO END DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS UNDER GUARDIANSHIP FOR MENTAL ILLNESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING?
NO - 60.39% | YES - 39.61%

QUESTION 6:
GAY RIGHTS
DO YOU FAVOR RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE 119TH LEGISLATURE WHEREBY IT PASSED AN ACT EXTENDING TO ALL CITIZENS REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION THE SAME BASIC RIGHTS TO PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION NOW GUARANTEED TO CITIZENS ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN THE AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, PUBLIC ACCOMODATION AND CREDIT AND WHERE THE ACT EXPRESSLY STATES THAT NOTHING IN THE ACT CONFERS LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF, OR SPECIAL RIGHTS TO, ANY PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS?
NO - 50.55% | YES - 49.45%

U.S. Senate
Olympia Snowe (R) 430,441 69%
Mark Lawrence ‘80 (D) 197,240 31%

U.S. House 1st District
Tom Allen ‘67 (D) 200,573 60%
Jane Amero (R) 122,286 36%
Frederic Staples (L) 11,544 3.56%

U.S. 2nd District
John Baldacci (D) 218,364 73%
Richard Campbell (R) 79,699 27%

—Compiled from Portland Press Herald