Taxes dominate new ballot initiatives
The Secretary of State yesterday approved four ballot questions that voters will decide in November, including two that give people more say in taxes.
One of the questions would require voter approval of all tax increases and restricts growth in municipal spending; another repeals Maine's 2007 school consolidation law; a third reduces the automobile excise tax and the final measure revamps Maine's medical marijuana law, reported the Associated Press.
All the questions received the necessary signatures to go to the Legislature, where lawmakers may adopt them or send them out to voters.
Both of the tax questions were sponsored by Maine Leads, a nonprofit group that advocates for lower taxes. Its first proposal is similar to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights that was rejected by voters in 2006. It seeks to limit the tax dollars government can spend each year and would require a majority vote of the state or local governing body and voter approval to spend beyond that limit. It would also require voter approval of state taxes, including Maine's automatic gas tax increases that are based on cost-of-living increases.
The other tax proposal seeks to cut the vehicle excise tax in half.
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