Maine Right to Repair Coalition Submits Over 70,000 Signatures in Support of Ballot Initiative

The Maine Right to Repair Coalition, a group of independent automotive and collision repair shop owners, employees, and right to repair supporters submitted more than the required number of voter signatures to the Secretary of State to put an initiative on the November 2023 ballot. Supporters of the initiative say it will protect their right to repair new cars and trucks as automakers make it increasingly harder to access the repair and diagnostic information necessary to do so.

“Vehicle owners should be able to take their car or truck wherever they want for repairs or fix it themselves, not be