During a special legislative session, the Maine State Legislature approved four constitutional amendments on July 25 that will appear on the November ballot. Maine voters will decide on these four amendments, as well as four citizen-initiated state statutes, on Nov. 7, 2023.
This is the greatest amount of statewide measures to appear on the Maine ballot since 2010. Between 1985 and 2022, the average number of ballot measures on the Maine ballot was 5.3. Last year, in 2022, there were zero measures on the ballot.
For the legislature to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot in Maine, a two-thirds supermajority vote is required by both the House and Senate. Voter approval is required for any amendments to the Maine Constitution.
