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Maine’s highest court heard arguments Wednesday about whether the secretary of state should split the multipart referendum opposing Central Maine Power’s transmission line project into three separate questions on the November ballot.
A lawsuit filed by Rep. Christopher Caiazzo, D-Scarborough, contends that the November ballot question contains three distinct issues that voters should decide separately. Specifically, the question asks whether voters want to prohibit “high impact transmission lines” in part of western Maine, whether similar projects statewide should require legislative approval, and whether lease agreements through Maine’s public lands should require a two-thirds vote from the Legislature.