Maine Supreme Court Upholds Wording of Voter ID Ballot Question

A group of Maine voters failed to convince the state’s high court that the wording of a ballot question relating to proposed amendments to Maine election laws is misleading.

Assuming a voter reads the entire question, “we disagree that the Secretary’s ordering of the accurate summaries of the proposed amendments makes the question not understandable,” Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill said in a July 11 opinion.

Maine’s secretary of state approved a ballot question in May, which asks voters about a legislative proposal that would impose more than two dozen changes to the state’s election laws, including eliminating two days ...