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Election Results from Maine: Sex-Same Marriage Law is Losing; Medical Use of Marijuana is Passing

 

Unofficial Results sorted by race for 2009 November Election contested races updated at 12:39 AM on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. 507 of 605 (84 %) of precincts have been reported. 485685 of 969912 ( 52%) registered voters have participated in this election. Election information provided by the Bangor Daily News.

 

REJECT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW
Yes	237749	52.32%
No	216667	47.68%
DECREASE AUTOMOBILE EXCISE TAX
No	332656	74.01%
Yes	116809	25.99%
VOTER APPROVAL OF TAX INCREASES
No	270371	60.60%
Yes	175799	39.40%
MAINE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT
Yes	265471	58.77%
No	186274	41.23%
HIGHWAY BOND ISSUE
Yes	290574	65.51%
No	152988	34.49%

Maine Poll: Statistical Dead Heat on Proposition 1, Repealing the Gay Marriage Law

 Maine Poll

 

By Julie Bolcer

 

With one day to go before the election, a new poll shows that voters in Maine favor repealing the gay marriage law by 51% to 47%, virtually a tie given the poll’s margin of error or plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

The latest results released on Monday showed slight movement in favor of Question 1, the ballot initiative that would repeal the gay marriage law, since a poll two weeks ago showed the measure tied at 48%.