State Balloting Process
Filing an initiative is a very simple process in Maine. All
you need to do is take your initiative language to the Secretary of State –
it doesn’t have to be in petition format. The Secretary of State then
submits the language to the Reviser of Statutes who puts it in the format
that is consistent with state law and gives it back to the Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State then returns the initiative to the proponent. Once
this occurs, the proponent of the initiative will take the language and put