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Maine 1961 ballot measures
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← 1960
Four statewide ballot measures were on the October 10, 1961 ballot in Maine.
- Two of the measures were legislatively referred bond questions.
- Two of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
- All of the measures were approved.
- The legislatively referred constitutional amendments were later overturned by the Maine Supreme Court.
On the ballot
October 10
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| BI | Referendum Question No. 1 | Transportation | Issues $6 million in bonds for the construction of state highways |  |
| BI | Referendum Question No. 2 | Housing | Issues $2.6 million bonds for construction of self-liquidating student housing at teachers colleges | |
| LRCA | Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 | Pension | Limits uses of funds in State Retirement System to retirement purposes | 
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| LRCA | Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 | Bonds | Allows voters to issue municipal bonds for construction and industrial purposes |
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See also
External links
- Lewiston Evening Journal, "Specimen Ballot," October 3, 1961
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Votes on Maine Bond Issues, 1951-
- Kennebec Journal, "On Two Constitutional Amendments Vote Ruled Illegal," November 10, 1961
- Opinion of the State Supreme Court of Maine, 157 Me. 525
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