BRUNSWICK
Midcoast residents tomorrow will vote on school budgets and a few contested primary races. Freeport residents will also decide on a plastic bag ordinance.
Republicans in Congressional District 1 will choose between Mark Holbrook and Ande Allen Smith for the candidate to run against incumbent Democrat Chellie Pingree in November.
Republican Linda Baker is currently serving as Maine Senator for District 23 and will need to defeat Guy Lebida in the primary in order to run against Democrat Eloise Vitelli in the fall.
Maine House District 53 has a race between Democrats Allison Hepler of Woolwich and William Nelson of Arrowsic. Both are vying to run against incumbent Republican Jeffrey Pierce.
Cumberland County Democrats will also be choosing between Nadeen Daniels of Portland and Jessica Joseph of Freeport to run for the county’s register of probate. The winner runs against Republican James Hughes of Freeport to serve as the next registrar of probate.
The election for the state primary and the school budget referendum in Brunswick will take place at the Brunswick Junior High School, 65 Columbia Ave. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Lisbon voters also should be aware that voting now takes place in the new Lisbon High School gym and polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
West Bath School District, School Administrative District 75 and Region School Units 1, 2 and 5 will also be holding school budget referendums tomorrow.
Harpswell’s voting locations have also changed. Harpswell Neck and Mountain Road voters will vote Tuesday at Fellowship Hall at the Elijah Kellogg Church, located at 917 Harpswell Neck Road. Voters from Orr’s and Bailey islands still vote at the Old Orr’s Island Schoolhouse, 1594 Harpswell Islands Road; and Great Island voters will cast ballots at Cundy’s Harbor Community Building, 837 Cundy’s Harbor Road. Polls are open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
In Freeport, voters will decide whether they want to ban disposable plastic shopping bags.
A Tuesday referendum item will ask residents whether to ban the use of disposable plastic bags at supermarkets and convenience stores. The move also would place a 5 cent fee on paper bags.
The ban wouldn’t apply to non-food retailers and thus would not change the rules for L.L. Bean, which operates its flagship store in Freeport.
Freeport’s town clerk said last month that more than 600 people signed a petition in favor of the measure, which was more than enough to get the issue onto the ballot.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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