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WE THE PEOPLE PAC v. BELLOWS

No. 21-1149.

40 F.4th 1 (2022)

WE THE PEOPLE PAC; Billy Bob Faulkingham, State Representative; Liberty Initiative Fund; Nicholas Kowalski, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Shenna BELLOWS, in her official capacity as the Secretary of State of Maine, Julie Flynn, in her official capacity as the Deputy Secretary of State of Maine for the Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 7, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Anton , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, Thomas A. Knowlton , Deputy Attorney General, and Jonathan Bolton , Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellants.

Paul A. Rossi , with whom IMPG Advocates was on brief, for appellees.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Kayatta, Circuit Judge, and Saris, District Judge.

Maine allows for direct popular participation in the state's lawmaking process through two distinct means: a "people's veto," as it is commonly known, and a "direct initiative." Me. Const. art. IV, pt. 3, §§ 17-18. To place either type of measure on the state ballot, a "written petition" that contains a minimum number...

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