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Maine Additional Gasoline Tax (1941)
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The Maine Additional Gasoline Tax People's Veto was on the December 10, 1941 ballot in Maine as a veto referendum, where it was defeated. The measure would have levied an additional tax on gasoline.[1][2]
Election results
| Maine Gasoline Tax People's Veto (1941) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 32,131 | 68.88% | ||
| Yes | 14,520 | 31.12% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, People's Vetoes 1909-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
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Shall the law enacted by the 1941 Legislature entitled "An Act Imposing an Additional Gasoline Tax" be ratified? [3] |
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See also
- Maine 1941 ballot measures
- 1941 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- The Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," December 6, 1940
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, People's Vetoes 1909-
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "People's Vetoes 1909-," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," December 6, 1940
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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