Maine Constitutional Amendment 2, November General Election Amendment (September 1957)

Maine Amendment 2
Election date September 9, 1957
Topic Election administration and governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Maine Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Maine on September 9, 1957. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the Maine Constitution to change the date of the general election from the second Monday in September to the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.

A "no" vote opposed amending the Maine Constitution to change the date of the general election from the second Monday in September to the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.

Election results

Maine Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		63,820	63.81%
No		36,202	36.19%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution which now provides that the general election shall take place on the second Monday of September, biennially, be amended, as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature, to the Tuesday following the first Monday in November?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Maine Constitution

A two-thirds majority (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Maine State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 101 votes in the Maine House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Maine State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1957 Measures

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• Election administration and governance on the ballot
• 1957 legislative sessions

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