Candidates and Questions: Here’s What Your Ballot Will Look Like in Maine on Tuesday

Election day is just a few days away! People across the country will head to the polls on Tuesday, November 6th to vote in the congressional midterm elections.

In the state of Maine, we're also voting for Governor, state legislators, and several referendum and bond issue questions.

Here's what you can expect when you head to the polls on Tuesday:

For Governor, there will be four candidates listed on your ballot, but only three are still running in the race. Alan Caron dropped out last week and endorsed Janet Mills. Of the four candidates, you can only select one for Governor. Ranked Choice Voting will not be used in the 2018 gubernatorial race in Maine.

Your choices for Governor:
Alan Caron, Independent
Terry Hayes, Independent
Janet Mills, Democratic
Shawn Moody, Republican

For all other races in Maine with more than two candidates, Ranked Choice Voting will be used to determine the winner.

For US Senate, you can rank the following candidates in order of preference:

Eric Brakey, Republican
Angus King, Independent
Zak Ringelstein, Democratic

If you live in the first congressional district, you can rank the following candidates for Congress in order of preference:

Martin Grohman, Independent
Mark Holbrook, Republican
Chellie Pingree, Democratic

If you live in the second congressional district, you can rank the following candidates for Congress in order of preference:

Tiffany Bond, Independent
Jared Golden, Democratic
William Hoar, Independent
Bruce Poliquin, Republican

And across the state, these five questions will appear on your ballot:

Question 1: Citizen Initiative
Do you want to create the Universal Home Care Program to provide home-based assistance to people with disabilities and senior citizens, regardless of income, funded by a new 3.8% tax on individuals and families with Maine wage and adjusted gross income above the amount subject to Social Security taxes, which is $128,400 in 2018?

Question 2: Bond Issue
Public Law 425
Do you favor a $30,000,000 bond issue to improve water quality, support the planning and construction of wastewater treatment facilities and assist homeowners whose homes are served by substandard or malfunctioning wastewater treatment systems?

Question 3: Bond Issue
Public Law 467
Do you favor a $106,000,000 bond issue, including $101,000,000 for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities and equipment related to ports, piers, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds, and $5,000,000 for the upgrade of municipal culverts at stream crossings?

Question 4: Bond Issue
Public Law 465, Part A
Do you favor a $49,000,000 bond issue to be matched by at least $49,000,000 in private and public funds to modernize and improve the facilities and infrastructure of Maine's public universities in order to expand workforce development capacity and to attract and retain students to strengthen Maine's economy and future workforce?

Question 5: Bond Issue
Public Law 465, Part B
Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue to improve educational programs by upgrading facilities at all 7 of Maine's community colleges in order to provide Maine people with access to high-skill, low-cost technical and career education?

Find out where to vote on election day here.

Good luck, and go vote!