Maine Division of Towns into Polling Places, Proposed Amendment No. 3 (1917)
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The Maine Division of Towns into Polling Places Referendum, also known as Proposed Amendment No. 3, was on the September 10, 1917 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have granted the legislature the power to authorize the division of towns into more than one election district for the purpose of holding state and national elections.[1][2][3] This would have amended Section 16 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[4]
Aftermath
Though Proposed Amendment No. 3 did not pass, a similar measure was eventually passed as Maine Division of Towns into Polling Places, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1920).
Election results
| Maine Proposed Amendment No. 3 (1917) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 24,593 | 52.12% | ||
| Yes | 22,588 | 47.88% | ||
Election results via: Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The full text of the ballot language can be read here.
Constitutional changes
The full text of the proposed constitutional changes can be read here.
Similar measures
See also
- Maine 1917 ballot measures
- 1917 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "Sample Ballot," September 5, 1917
- NCSL State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 2, 2014
- ↑ Lewiston Daily Sun, "Sample Ballot," September 5, 1917
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Ballot Measures Database," accessed April 3, 2014
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Seventy-Eight Legislature. 1917, "Chapter 30," accessed April 18, 2014
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