Maine Constitutional Amendment 3, Gubernatorial Term Length and Limits Amendment (September 1957)

Maine Amendment 3
Election date September 9, 1957
Topic Executive official term limits and State executive elections
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Maine Amendment 3 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 governor’s term from two years to four years and to limit governors to no more than two consecutive terms.

A "no" vote opposed amending the Maine Constitution to change the governor’s term from two years to four years and to limit governors to no more than two consecutive terms.

Election results

Maine Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		60,240	59.27%
No		41,392	40.73%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution which now provides for a two-year term for Governor, be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature, to a four-year term with a further limitation that he shall not succeed himself after two such successive terms?

”

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

• 1957 Measures
• Executive official term limits on the ballot
• State executive elections on the ballot
• 1957 legislative sessions

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• Maine ballot measure laws

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