Maine’s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has announced the final wording of the Right to Repair ballot question, WABI TV reports.
The ballot question–an initiative first sent to the legislature on March 21–went through a 30-day public comment period, during which only five comments were made.
The final result that voters will see will read: “Do you want to require vehicle manufacturers to standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to those systems and mechanical data to owners and independent repair facilities?”
The signatures collected for the ballot by the Right To Repair coalition were first certified by the State Secretary back in February.
The initiative was first launched by Maine’s Right To Repair coalition in an attempt to allow independent shops access to data on new vehicles. It aims to allow consumers to have the option of taking their cars to places besides a dealership, even when handling new, complex, and high-technology vehicles.
