Maine Direct Initiatives Signature Requirements, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1951)
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The Maine Direct initiatives Signature Requirements Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2, was on the September 10, 1951 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure changed the signature requirements for direct initiatives to 10 percent of the total votes for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election.[1][2] This amended Section 18 of Article IV, Part Third of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1951) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 23,600 | 51.77% | ||
| No | 21,986 | 48.23% | ||
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 providing that direct initiative of legislation shall require not less than 10% of the total vote for governor as cast in the last previous gubernatorial election?" [4] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
A similar change had already been made for the signature requirements for referendum petitions in 1948.
A one-year validity on initiative peition signatures was approved in 1981:
See also
- Maine 1951 ballot measures
- 1951 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Evening Journal, "Specimen Ballot," August 31, 1951
- 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 7, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lewiston Evening Journal, "Specimen Ballot," August 31, 1951
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Ninety-fifth Legislature 1951 "Chapter 110," 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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