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Analysis of results, by municipality, of reorganization repeal referendumTown votes show twelve consolidated districts to be widely popular while four reorganizations appear to be troubled. As with the previous county-by-county summary, a few summary details from the referendum results from 449 Maine municipalities may yield a sharp view of the school consolidation issue. Not surprisingly, in the areas that are facing penalties a majority in 188 noncompliant towns voted to repeal the law. On the other side, in areas which were exempt from consolidation a majority in 123 municipalities voted to preserve the law. But in the 24 regions which have gone through mandated reorganization, the results are mixed. A majority of voters in 90 reorganized towns opposed repeal, presumably because they are satisfied with their reorganized school system. However, a majority in the other 35 reorganized towns now favor repeal, presumably because they are, to some degree, unhappy with their reorganized situation. Of the state's 24 new reorganized districts, 12 may be considered fully successful in that they are supported by a majority of voters in each of their constituent towns. The other 12 districts all have at least one municipality in which a majority of voters favored repeal. Within this second group, four districts may be considered to be in distress with a majority of their constituent municipalities favoring repeal -- RSU 5 (Pownal, Durham, Freeport), RSU 12 (Wiscasset), RSU 24 (Ellsworth) and AOS 94 (Dexter). Elsewhere, objecting to the law apparently in solidarity with other less fortunate towns, a majority of voters in 47 exempt municipalities also supported the law's repeal. Most of these towns won their own exemptions later in the reorganization process and were, at times, themselves potentially facing the penalties of noncompliance. Last, a majority of voters in nine non-compliant municipalities -- Gilead, Camden, Rockport, Millinocket, Livermore Falls, Milford, Seboeis, Jay, and Winthrop -- opposed the repeal referendum. Whether this was due to a change in voters hearts about their previous reorganization plans or whether it reflects renewed energy for a different approach is hard to guess. All together, while only 42% of the voters overall favored repealing the law, a majority of voters in 227 municipalities favored repeal and a majority in the other 222 municipalities opposed it -- giving the repeal effort a slight edge by acreage. Here are the tables: Reorganized but supporting repeal:
RSU 5 Durham RSU 2 Richmond RSU 2 Monmouth RSU 12 Alna RSU 12 Somerville RSU 12 Westport RSU 12 Whitefield RSU 12 Windsor RSU 12 Wiscasset RSU 12 Palermo RSU 13 Saint George RSU 20 Frankfort AOS 92 Vassalboro AOS 94 Harmony AOS 94 Ripley AOS 91 Cranberry Isles AOS 91 Frenchboro AOS 91 Swans Island RSU 24 Hancock RSU 24 Lamoine RSU 24 Sorrento RSU 24 Sullivan RSU 24 Winter Harbor RSU 24 Eastbrook RSU 24 Franklin RSU 24 Steuben RSU 24 Waltham RSU 24 Mariaville AOS 94 Dexter AOS 94 Exeter AOS 94 Garland RSU 26 Glenburn AOS 95 Allagash AOS 95 Winterville Plt.
York Oxford Lincoln Plt. Magalloway Plt. Andover Greenwood Woodstock Lovell Stow Rangeley Plt. Sandy River Plt. Farmington Industry New Sharon New Vineyard Monhegan Plt Friendship North Haven Albion Jackman Moose River Canaan Cornville Beaver Cove Greenville Kingsbury Plt. Shirley Willimantic Isle Au Haut Pleasant Point Indian Island Bradford Hudson Mattawamkeag Corinth Kenduskeag Stetson Hammond Houlton Littleton Monticello Chapman Presque Isle Westfield Castle Hill Mapleton Noncompliant but opposing repeal
Camden Rockport Millinocket Livermore Falls Milford Seboeis Plt. Jay Winthrop Noncompliant and supporting repeal
Upton Livermore Carrabassett Val Coplin Plt. Fayette Avon Eustis Kingfield Phillips Strong Georgetown Boothbay Boothbay Harbor Edgecomb Southport Appleton Hope Lincolnville Burnham Detroit Pittsfield Caratunk Dennistown Plt. Highland Plt. Pleasant Rdge Pl Bingham Moscow Athens Brighton Plt. Madison Starks Anson Embden New Portland Solon The Forks Plt. West Forks Bowerbank Lake View Plt. Medford Mount Chase Patten Stacyville Abbot Cambridge Guilford Parkman Sangerville Wellington Atkinson Brownville Milo Dover Foxcroft Monson Sebec East Millinocket Medway Woodville Deer Isle Stonington Surry Brooklin Sedgwick Blue Hill Brooksville Great Pond Osborn Beddington Deblois East Machias Codyville Plt. Topsfield Beals Jonesport Danforth Lubec Addison Cherryfield Columbia Columbia Falls Harrington Milbridge Jonesboro Machias Marshfield Northfield Roque Bluffs Wesley Whitneyville Charlotte Dennysville Eastport Pembroke Perry Alexander Baring Plt. Calais Crawford Robbinston Baileyville Cooper Gr Lake Str Plt. Meddybemps Princeton Talmadge Waite Vanceboro Carroll Plt. Drew Plt. Lakeville Cutler Machiasport Whiting Greenbush Lee Springfield Webster Plt. Winn Edinburg Enfield Howland Maxfield Passadumkeag Lagrange Amherst Aurora Dedham Lowell Orrington Otis Burlington Clifton Eddington Holden Castine Penobscot Hermon Carmel Levant Charleston Bridgewater Easton Glenwood Plt. Hersey Moro Plt. Weston Fort Fairfield Sherman Ashland Masardis Oxbow Plt. Blaine Mars Hill Amity Cary Plt. Haynesville Hodgdon Linneus Ludlow New Limerick Crystal Dyer Brook Island Falls Merrill Oakfield Smyrna Bancroft Orient Macwahoc Plt. Reed Plt. Caswell Grand Isle Madawaska Nashville Plt. Cyr Plt. Hamlin Van Buren Garfield Plt. Portage Lake Frenchville Saint Agatha Perham Wade Washburn New Sweden Westmanland Woodland
South Berwick Ogunquit Cornish Parsonsfield Limerick Newfield Shapleigh Berwick Lebanon North Berwick Wells Alfred Lyman Waterboro Limington Sanford Biddeford Buxton Gorham Scarborough Westbrook Cape Elizabeth South Portland Portland Brunswick Harpswell Chebeague Island Long Island Falmouth Cumberland North Yarmouth Yarmouth Gray New Gloucester Frye Island Hollis Standish Casco Harrison Norway Otisfield Paris Baldwin Hiram Porter Bridgton Naples Sebago Brownfield Denmark Fryeburg Hebron Waterford West Paris Bethel Newry Stoneham Sweden Auburn Lewiston Lisbon Greene Leeds Turner Dallas Plt. Rangeley Belgrade Rome Mercer Smithfield Chesterville Temple Vienna Weld Wilton Arrowsic Bath Phippsburg West Bath Woolwich Bowdoin Bowdoinham Topsham Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph, West Gardiner Waldoboro Washington Matinicus Isle Pl Vinalhaven Union Warren Islesboro Winterport Brooks Freedom Jackson Knox Liberty Monroe Montville Thorndike Troy Unity Waldo Augusta China Oakland Sidney Benton Clinton Fairfield Norridgewock Skowhegan Chester Indian Township Lincoln Brewer Bangor Hampden Newburgh Reorganized and opposing repeal
Kennebunk Kennebunkport Dayton Old Orchard Bch. Saco Freeport Raymond Windham Buckfield Byron Canton Dixfield Hanover Hartford Mexico Peru Roxbury Rumford Sumner New Gloucester Poland Mechanic Falls Minot Sabattus Wales Carthage Mount Vernon Readfield Wayne Dresden Bremen Bristol Damariscotta Jefferson Newcastle Nobleboro South Bristol Chelsea Farmingdale Hallowell Manchester Litchfield Cushing Owls Head Rockland South Thomaston Thomaston Belfast Belmont Morrill Northport Searsmont Searsport Stockton Springs Swanville Prospect Waterville Winslow Hartland Palmyra Saint Albans Bar Harbor Mount Desert Southwest Harbor Tremont Trenton Ellsworth Gouldsboro Orono Veazie Alton Old Town Bucksport Orland Verona Bradley Corinna Dixmont Etna Newport Plymouth Eagle Lake Fort Kent New Canada Saint Francis Saint John Plt Wallagrass Caribou Limestone Stockholm 12 reorganized districts whose towns all opposed repeal
RSU 23 (Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Dayton) RSU 14 (Windham, Raymond) RSU 10 (Rumford, Mexico, Sumner, Roxbury, Peru, Hartford, Hanover, Dixfield, Canton, Byron, Buckfield, Carthage) RSU 16 (Poland, Mechanic Falls, Minot) RSU 4 (Sabattus, Wales, Litchfield) RSU 38 (Mount Vernon, Readfield, Wayne, Manchester) AOS 93 (Damariscotta, Bremen, Bristol, Jefferson, Newcastle, Nobleboro, South Bristol) RSU 19 (Newport, Corinna, Dixmont, Etna, Plymouth, Hartland, Palmyra, Saint Albans) RSU 25 (Bucksport, Orland, Verona, Prospect) RSU 34 (Old Town, Alton, Bradley) RSU 39 (Caribou, Limestone, Stockholm) Four reorganized districts in which a majority of towns voted for repeal
RSU 12 (Alna, Chelsea, Palermo, Somerville, Westport, Whitefield, Windsor, Wiscasset) RSU 24 (Eastbrook, Ellsworth, Franklin, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Lamoine, Mariaville, Sorrento, Steuben, Sullivan, Waltham, Winter Harbor) AOS 94 (Dexter, Exeter, Garland, Harmony, Ripley) |
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