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FOLLOWING THE REACTION TO áTHATá VOTE FOR US THIS MORNING.. IT WAS 'NO' ON ONE THAT CAME OUT ON TOP LAST NIGHT. THIS WAS VERY INTENSE RACE UP UNTIL THE END. THE RESULTS CAME IN AROUND 10 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT. MAINERS OVERWHELMING REJECTED QUESTION ONE ON YESTERDAY'S BALLOT. THAT MEANS MAINE WILL KEEP THE LAW THAT BANS NONMEDICAL EXEMPTIONS FOR VACCINES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR KIDS TO ATTEND SCHOOL HERE. THE PEOPLE OF MAINE HAVE SPOKEN AND WHAT THEY SAID IN THIS VOTE IS WE BELIEVE IN SCIENCE. AND WE, NOT ONLY SCIENCE, WE BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE, WE BELIEVE IN SCIENCE. WE BELIEVE IN TAKING CARE OF EVERYONE, CHILDREN. THE YES CAMPAIGN SAYS THE OUTCOME DOESNT REFLECT HOW MAINERS FEEL AND THEY SAID IT ISNT OVER YET. ABOUT 73 PERCENT OF VOTERS.. REJECTED QUESTION ONE.. VOTING TO KEEP THE LAW. SIG OUT.

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Maine voters overwhelmingly rejected Question 1 on Tuesday's ballot and have decided to keep the new law that bans nonmedical exemptions for vaccines required for children to attend school in the state.The No on 1 campaign declared victory shortly before 10 p.m. with results in their favor.PHNjcmlwdCBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vZWxlY3Rpb25zLmFwLm9yZy93aWRnZXRzL2pzL3Jlc2l6ZXIuY2xpZW50Lm1pbi5qcyIgdHlwZT0idGV4dC9qYXZhc2NyaXB0Ij48L3NjcmlwdD48aWZyYW1lIGlkPSJpZnJhbWVfYzVhZjRlYWY4MDM5NTZhMWI3MWY5NGE2NTM5NWNmYTEiIHN0eWxlPSJvdmVyZmxvdzogaGlkZGVuOyBtaW4td2lkdGg6IDEwMCU7IGJvcmRlcjogbm9uZTsiIHNyYz0iaHR0cHM6Ly9lbGVjdGlvbnMuYXAub3JnL3dpZGdldHMvY29udGVudC9jNWFmNGVhZjgwMzk1NmExYjcxZjk0YTY1Mzk1Y2ZhMSIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgZnJhbWVib3JkZXI9IjEiIGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbj0iYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuIiBvbmxvYWQ9ImlGcmFtZVJlc2l6ZSh7fSwgJyNpZnJhbWVfYzVhZjRlYWY4MDM5NTZhMWI3MWY5NGE2NTM5NWNmYTEnKTsiPjwvaWZyYW1lPg==App users tap here if you can't see results aboveThe law, LD 798, narrowly passed by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Janet Mills in May, would have banned religious and philosophical objections for opting out of vaccines for school-aged children. See town-by-town resultsThose exemptions account for 90% of Maine kids who are not vaccinated. The law preserves medical exemptions, which excuse less than 1% of Maine children from vaccines.The law will go into effect in September of 2021.Maine's overall opt-out rate of 6.2%, for the 2018-19 school year, was the seventh highest in the country, while the opt-out rate for Maine kindergartners was triple the national average, according to Mills.Supporters of the law said they worried the rate of unvaccinated Maine kindergartners puts herd immunity at risk. Herd immunity describes how a population is protected from a disease after vaccination.Dr. Laura Blaisdell, with the No on 1 campaign, said Tuesday night that the result showed Mainers understood the importance of community immunity."Mainers knew that the safest thing we can do was to vote no on one," Blaisdell said.Gov. Janet Mills, who called on voters to reject Question 1, reacted to the vote Tuesday night.“Tonight, the health and wellbeing of Maine children prevailed. This law leaves medical exemptions up to medical professionals and ensures that Maine children are better protected from the spread of dangerous communicable diseases. It is the right thing to do for the health and safety of our kids,” Mill said in a statement.Opponents of the law said the effort to repeal was about medical freedom and rejecting government overreach.Yes on 1 campaign manager Cara Sacks said the vote was not a true indication of where Mainers stand on the issue."It's not over. I will never be over," Sacks said Tuesday night.She said the question being placed on the Democratic presidential primary stacked the odds against them. Sacks called the loss painful.The law will take effect in September 2021.