'09 ballot initiatives already on the table
The ink isn't even dry on today's ballots, but petitions to put three citizen initiatives on the November 2009 ballot have already been delivered to Augusta, according to a press release from the Maine Heritage Policy Center.
The Portland-based conservative think tank wrote the three initiatives and Maine Leads, an Augusta-based citizen group, collected about 200,000 signatures, which were delivered yesterday to the Maine Secretary of State's office. The petitions include An Act to Provide Tax Relief, which is a revised Taxpayer Bill of Rights that would give voters final say on all state tax increases; An Act To Decrease the Automobile Excise Tax and Promote Energy Efficiency, which is an initiative that would decrease the automobile excise tax by 50% for the first five years and push the purchase of hybrid vehicles by eliminating the sales tax and excise tax for the first three years; and An Act to Expand Affordable Health Insurance Choices in Maine, which would allow Mainers to purchase private health care insurance plans in any of the five New England states, a situation that supporters say will improve Mainers' access to affordable health care.
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