Maine Signature Requirements for Direct Initiatives (1951)

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The Maine Signature Requirements for Direct Initiativces Amendment was on the September 26, 1951 ballot in Maine as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment to the Maine Constitution. It was approved, becoming the 71st amendment to the Maine Constitution.

• Yes: 23,600 (51.8%) a
• No: 21,986 (48.2%)

The question on the ballot was, "Resolve, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Providing for Additional Signers for Direct Initiative of Legislation. (Shall the Constitution be Amended as Proposed by a Resolution of the Legislature Providing that Direct Initiative of Legislation Shall Require not Less Than 10% of the Total Vote for Governor as Cast in the Last Previous Gubernatorial Election?)"

The amendment was placed on the ballot by the Maine State Legislature.

See also

• List of 1950-1959 amendments to the Maine Constitution
• Maine 1951 ballot measures
• Amending the Maine Constitution.

External links

• Proposed constitutional amendments from 1834-present, in Maine.

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