Article V--Part Second, Maine Constitution

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Article V - Part Second of the Maine Constitution is entitled Secretary and consists of five sections.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Election The Secretary of State shall be chosen biennially at the first session of the Legislature, by joint ballot of the Senators and Representatives in convention.

Section 1-A

	Text of Section 1-A: Succession to the Office of Secretary of State If a vacancy occurs in the office of the Secretary of State, the first deputy secretary of state shall act as the Secretary of State until a Secretary of State is elected by the Legislature during the current session if in session, or at the next regular or special session.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: Records of State; Deputies The records of the State shall be kept in the office of the secretary, who may appoint deputies to that office, for whose conduct the secretary shall be accountable.

Amendments

• Maine Removal of Gender Biased Constitutional Language, Question 7 (1988), which was approved on November 8, 1988.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Attend the Governor, Senate, and House The Secretary of State shall attend the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives, in person or by the deputies of the Secretary of State as they shall respectively require.

Amendments

• Maine Removal of Gender Biased Constitutional Language, Question 7 (1988), which was approved on November 8, 1988.

Section 4

Text of Section 4: Records of Executive and Legislative Departments The Secretary of State shall carefully keep and preserve the records of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives, and, when required, lay the same before either branch of the Legislature, and perform such other duties as are enjoined by this Constitution, or shall be required by law.

Amendments

• Maine Removal of Gender Biased Constitutional Language, Question 7 (1988), which was approved on November 8, 1988.

See also

• List of amendments to the Maine Constitution
• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Maine.gov, "Constitution of the State of Maine"
• Maine.gov, "Enacted Constitutional Amendments from 1911 - Present"
• Maine.gov, "Constitution of the State of Maine 1820"
• Maine: An Encyclopedia, "Constitution, Maine"

Additional reading

• Tinkle, Marshall J. (2013). The Maine State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press
• Palmer, Kenneth T. and Marcus LiBrizzi. (1989). "Development of the Maine Constitution: The Long Tradition, 1819-1988." Maine Historical Society Quarterly
• Hatch, Louis Clinton (1919). Maine: A History, New York, New York: The American Historical Society