As Out-Of-State Group Resurrects Maine Repeal Petition, Locals Prepare To Push Back
June 22, 2026
“The proposed ballot referendum would do away with the commercial cultivation, sale, purchase and manufacture of cannabis”
“The proposed ballot referendum would do away with the commercial cultivation, sale, purchase and manufacture of cannabis”
The new law is similar to provisions in several other states protecting state-authorized patients from workplace discrimination as a result of their off-the-job cannabis use
The governor is arguing that it’s a First Amendment issue
“I’m going to err on the side of a smartly regulated system that protects public health and consumers.”
A measure to automatically seal marijuana-related misdemeanors was already rejected
Maine already began allowing people to apply to get their criminal histories for now-legal marijuana crimes sealed
Initiative backed by the same dark money group trying to close Mass dispensaries fails to make ballot in Vacationland
A Republican operative working as spokesperson for the repeal campaign said the Massachusetts and Maine questions are “not a coordinated effort” despite funding coming from the same group
Sec. of State: “We encourage citizens to think about what you’re signing, why you’re signing it, and what it means.” In downtown Portland, as hundreds of Mainers gathered for
The petition will need about 68,000 signatures by early February to make it onto the 2026 ballot
