Maine Determining Election of Governor, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 7 (1964)
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The Maine Determining Election of Governor Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 7, was on the November 3, 1964 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1] The measure repealed and replaced the language outlining the determination of the election of Governor.[2]
It stated that the election for governor should be notified, held and regulated and its votes received, sorted, counted, declared and recorded in the same manner as those for Senators and Representatives. It also stipulated that if there would be a tie between the two persons having the largest number of votes for Governor, the Legislature would have a joint meeting. At this meeting, each member of the Legislature would have one vote to cast for either of the tied candidates. This amended Section 3 of Article V, Part First of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 7 (1964) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 156,407 | 67.75% | ||
| No | 74,441 | 32.25% | ||
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 designating procedure for determining the election of Governor?" [4] |
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Similar measures
- Maine Governor Citizenship Qualifications, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1955)
- Maine Gubernatorial Term Length and Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1957)
- Maine Gubernatorial Vacancy Filling, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 8 (1964)
- Maine Gubernatorial Term Continuation, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1971)
See also
- Maine 1964 ballot measures
- 1964 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- The Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 26, 2014
- 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 The Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 26, 2014
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine As Passed by the One Hundred and First Legislature 1963, "Chapter 118," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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