Maine Governor Citizenship Qualifications, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1955)
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The Maine Governor Citizenship Qualifications Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2, was on the September 12, 1955 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1][2] The measure changed the citizenship requirement the list of qualifications for the Governor to read, "a citizen of the United States for at least fifteen years," instead of, "a natural born citizen of the United States." This amended Section 4 of Article V, Part First of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1955) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 15,157 | 51.19% | ||
| No | 14,452 | 48.81% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
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"Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature to change the qualifications of citizenship of the Governor?" [4] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
- Maine Gubernatorial Term Length and Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1957)
- Maine Determining Election of Governor, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 7 (1964)
- Maine Gubernatorial Vacancy Filling, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 8 (1964)
- Maine Gubernatorial Term Continuation, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1971)
See also
- Maine 1955 ballot measures
- 1955 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 9, 1955
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 9, 1955
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Ninety-seventh Legislature 1955 "Chapter 100," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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