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OPINION OF THE JUSTICES

Docket No. OJ-23-1.

295 A.3d 1212 (2023)

2023 ME 34

OPINION OF THE JUSTICES of the Supreme Judicial Court Given Under the Provisions of Section 3 of Article VI of the Constitution.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED BY THE MAINE SENATE AND THE MAINE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DATED May 11, 2023.

ANSWERED June 9, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa A. Hewey, Esq. , David M. Kallin, Esq. (orally), and Oliver Mac Walton, Esq. , Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, Portland, for the Maine State Legislature.

Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, and Jonathan R. Bolton , Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for the Attorney General.

Paul E. Suitter , Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for the Secretary of State.

Gerald D. Reid, Esq. , and Timothy J. Feeley, Esq. , Office of the Governor, Augusta, for the Governor.

Benjamin Gaines, Esq. (orally), Gaines Law, LLC, Portland, for Protect Maine Elections, Inc.

Nolan L. Reichl, Esq. , Julia B. MacDonald, Esq. , and Joshua D. Dunlap, Esq. (orally), Pierce Atwood LLP, Portland, for Maine Affordable Energy Ballot Question Committee.

QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED BY THE MAINE SENATE AND THE MAINE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN A COMMUNICATION DATED MAY 11, 2023

STATE OF MAINE

WHEREAS, the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 3 provides for the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court to render their opinion on important questions of law and upon solemn occasions; and

WHEREAS, it appears to the 131st Legislature that the following are important questions of...

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