Results Question 1 Maine. Maine Question 1 Religious and Philosophical Vaccination Exemptions Referendum March 2020. It was approved.
The Maine Reject Same-Sex Marriage Peoples Veto also known as Question 1 was on the November 3 2009 ballot in Maine as a veto referendum where it was approvedThe measure overturned An Act to Promote Marriage Equality and Affirm Religious Freedom This act authorized same-sex marriage in Maine. Maine Question 1 Religious and Philosophical Vaccination Exemptions Referendum March 2020. Maine was the only state the day after Super Tuesday where the Democratic presidential primary remain undecided.
Question 1 asks Maine voters if they want to repeal a law that bans nonmedical exemptions for vaccines required for children to attend school in the state.
The question appeared on the March 3 2020 statewide ballot. The question is a peoples veto referendum to reject a law passed last year that would eliminate philosophical and religious exemptions from childhood vaccines in our state. Text of Legislative Document 798 Question 1 would have repealed Legislative Document 798 LD 798 which was designed to eliminate religious and philosophical exemptions from vaccination requirements for students to attend schools and colleges and for employees of healthcare facilities. Governor Janet Mills issued the following statement tonight in response to Maine voters rejection of Question 1.