Maine Question 4 passed on Tuesday after voters approved the "right to repair" initiative that will benefit small auto shops and owners now and in the future as more electric vehicles enter the market.

The approved ballot measure will require vehicle manufacturers to standardize diagnostic systems and share the same information with owners and third-party independent repair shops as is shared with dealers. The goal is to give consumers the choice to fix their car outside of a dealership if that’s what they prefer.

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This will be helpful for small repair shops that will struggle to fix new cars, particularly electric vehicles.

Those who were opposed to Question 4 believed that people in favor of the measure are after customer data to market directly to consumers. They also claim that small repair shops already have the information and tools that are necessary to make repairs.

The Maine Automatic Right to Repair Committee received nearly $4.4 million in donations to push the passage of the ballot question. On the opposition side, groups representing manufacturers who produce Ford, General Motors, and Toyota vehicles contributed $110,000.

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"We believe it is the car owner’s right to have the information generated by their car and have the diagnostic information and share with who they choose," Tommy Hickey, member of the Right to Repair Coalition, said to local outlet WABI prior to the election. "And this is what that is about, ensuring that independent repair shops and dealership are on a level of playing field and that customers don’t have to pay more in getting their cars fixed."

The Pine Tree State is now the fifth state to enact right-to-repair legislation. California, Colorado, New York, and Minnesota all have similar legislation for different equipment. The right-to-repair law in Colorado applies to agricultural equipment, while the laws in California, New York, and Minnesota pertain to electronic and digital equipment.