MAINE, USA — Mainers will see two big questions on the ballot this year: one about election procedures, and one about a potential red flag law.

Maine citizens can put proposed legislation directly before voters through a process called a citizen initiative. For a citizen initiative petition to be approved by the Secretary of State’s Office, petitioners must collect the signatures of registered Maine voters equal to at least 10 percent of the votes cast in the previous gubernatorial election, which in this case was at least 67,682. The petition then goes to the Legislature, which can choose to enact the bill as written or send it to a statewide referendum.

On Nov. 4, Maine voters will decide on two referendum questions brought by coalitions of citizens through this process: one that would

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