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This year in Maine, candidates for President aren't the only things you'll see on your ballot. There are six important ballot questions for voters to decide.

You've seen the commercials and attack ads... but here's what the questions actually say:

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    Marijuana

    Legalization, Regulation & Taxation

    Do you want to allow the possession and use of marijuana under state law by persons who are at least 21 years of age, and allow the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products subject to state regulation, taxation and local ordinance?"

    YES or NO

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    Public Education

    Taxing Income Over $200,000

    Do you want to add a 3% tax on individual Maine taxable income above $200,000 to create a state fund that would provide direct support for student learning in kindergarten through 12th grade public education?"

    YES or NO

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    Guns

    Background Checks

    Do you want to require background checks prior to the sale or transfer of firearms between individuals not licensed as firearms dealers, with failure to do so punishable by law, and with some exceptions for family members, hunting, self-defense, lawful competitions, and shooting range activity?"

    YES or NO

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    Minimum Wage

    Increase to $12 per hour by 2020

    Do you want to raise the minimum hourly wage of $7.50 to $9 in 2017, with annual $1 increases up to $12 in 2020, and annual cost-of-living increases thereafter; and do you want to raise the direct wage for service workers who receive tips from half the minimum wage to $5 in 2017, with annual $1 increases until it reaches the adjusted minimum wage?"

    YES or NO

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    Ranked Choice Voting

    Changing How We Elect Officials

    Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?"

    YES or NO

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    Bond Issue

    $100,000,000 Bond Issue

    Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities, equipment and property acquisition related to ports, 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?"

    YES or NO

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