All U.S. citizens age 18 and older are eligible to vote in the Nov. 4 election. Most polling places are open until 8 p.m.

Maine has a same-day voter registration law, meaning voters can register at the polls. University students should vote in the town in which they reside. This means students who attend classes in Orono but live in Bangor should vote in Bangor.

If your place of residence has changed since the last election, you will need to update your registration. Bring a photo ID (MaineCards count) and a piece of mail, like a bill or

letter, which proves your residency. Remember, the voter registration form is a legal document, so make sure to accurately fill it out. Voter fraud is a federal crime, so abide by polling place protocols.

Orono’s off-campus polling place for this election cycle is the Orono Middle School gym, which is behind the Public Safety building on Main Street.

This year’s ballot contains the following questions:

Question 1: Citizen Initiative

Do you want to ban the use of bait, dogs or traps in bear hunting except to protect property, public safety, or for research?

Question 2:  Bond Issue

Do you favor an $8,000,000 bond issue to support Maine agriculture, facilitate economic growth in natural resources-based industries and monitor human health threats related to ticks, mosquitoes and bedbugs through the creation of an animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory administered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service?

Question 3:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a bond issue to provide $4,000,000 in funds to insure portions of loans to small businesses to spur investment and innovation and to provide $8,000,000 in funds to make flexible loans to small businesses to create jobs, revitalize downtowns and strengthen the rural economy?

Question 4:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $11,000,000 in private and other funds, to build a research center and to discover genetic solutions for cancer and the diseases of aging, to promote job growth and private sector investment in this State, to attract and retain young professionals and make the State a global leader in genomic medicine?

Question 5:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $5,700,000 in private and public funds, to modernize and expand infrastructure in a biological laboratory specializing in tissue repair and regeneration located in the State in order to increase biotechnology workforce training, retain and recruit to the State multiple biomedical research and development groups and create a drug discovery and development facility that will improve human health and stimulate biotechnology job growth and economic activity?

Question 6: Bond Issue

Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to ensure clean water and safe communities across Maine; to protect drinking water sources; to restore wetlands; to create jobs and vital public infrastructure; and to strengthen the State’s long-term economic base and competitive advantage?

Question 7:Bond Issue

Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue to facilitate the growth of marine businesses and commercial enterprises that create jobs and improve the sustainability of the State’s marine economy and related industries through capital investments, to be matched by at least $7,000,000 in private and other funds?

For more information, visit www.maine.gov and click on “voting” at the top of the page.