Maine Early Voting Amendment (2019)
| Maine Early Voting Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2019 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Maine Early Voting Amendment was not on the ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2019.
The ballot measure would have authorized the Maine State Legislature to pass legislation allowing local governments to conduct early voting during a period before an election.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been as follows:[1]
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Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to allow the Legislature to authorize a process by which a municipality may conduct early voting in the same manner as on election day during a period immediately preceding an election?[2] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Article II, Maine Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 4 of Article II of the Maine Constitution.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Maine Constitution
In Maine, a two-thirds vote is required in one legislative session of 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 Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
The constitutional amendment was introduced as Legislative Document 619 (LD 619). On March 28, 2019, the state House voted to engross LD 619. On May 21, 2019, the state Senate voted to engross LD 619. The state House failed to pass LD 619 with a two-thirds vote on May 21, 2019.[1]
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