AUGUSTA — Voters rejected proposed changes to state election laws Tuesday but approved a red flag measure to give families more power to have weapons removed from those considered dangerous.

Question 1, which proposed to eliminate two days of absentee voting, require photo ID at polling locations and end ongoing absentee voter status for seniors and people with disabilities, failed by a vote of about 60% to 40%, according to the Associated Press.

On Question 2, which will add a red flag law to allow family members to ask a judge to remove firearms from someone considered dangerous, voters approved the measure 60% to 40%, according to the AP.

Maine will now join more than 20 other states with similar extreme risk protection orders. Supporters of the measure brought it forward following the 2023 mass shooting in which 18 people were killed in Lewiston. 

“Maine voters have taken the safety of our communities into our own hands by passing common-sense, responsible gun legislation that will save lives and help keep our kids and families safe, not just from the horrors of a tragedy like Lewiston, but from the devastating impacts of everyday gun violence,” Nacole Palmer, executive director of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, said in a statement.

The No on 2 Coalition said it will review “all options to keep Mainers safe as we move into the future of the state.”

“We are glad Maine’s yellow flag law remains intact, and we look forward to continuing to work to improve our state’s safety,” the coalition said in a statement.

Both ballot questions came as the result of the citizen initiative process, which required supporters to gather more than 67,000 signatures to put forward a statewide ballot question.