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Maine Bond Issue for State Highways, Question No. 2 (1912)
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The Maine Bond Issues for State Highways Referendum, also known as Question No. 2, was on the September 9, 1912 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure provided for the issuing of state bonds for the purposes of building and maintaining state highways.[1][2] This amended Sections 14 and 17 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Question No. 2 (1912) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 80,619 | 78.98% | ||
| No | 21,454 | 21.02% | ||
Election results via: Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
- See also: Maine Constitution, Article IX, Sections 14 and 17
The full text of the ballot language can be read here.
Similar measures
Funding for state highway construction projects has been a frequent ballot issue in Maine. The following lists those that have been approved and defeated.
Approved
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 5 (1919)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1925)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 3 (1929)
- Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1935)
- Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1957)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1959)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1961)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1963)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1965)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1968)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1974)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement Program, Referendum Question No. 2 (1975)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement Program, Referendum Question No. 7 (1977)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Referendum Question No. 1 (1979)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Referendum Question No. 2 (1981)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Bond Issue 3 (1983)
- Maine Highway, Bridge and Airport Improvements, Bond Issue 4 (1985)
- Maine Highway, Bridge, Airport and Harbor Improvements, Question 7 (1989)
- Maine Highway, Bridge, Airport, Ferry Vessel and Harbor Improvements Matching Federal Funds, Question 8 (1991)
Defeated
- Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1921)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (1939)
- Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1951)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 11 (1969)
- Maine Highway, Bridge and Airport Improvements and Groundwater Pollution, Question 9 (1987)
See also
- Maine 1912 ballot measures
- 1912 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "Sample Ballot," September 4, 1912
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