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Maine Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (2020)
| Maine Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Constitutional rights | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Maine Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment was not on the ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have prohibited the state and political subdivisions of the state, such as local governments, from denying or abridging equal rights on account of a person's sex.[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 prohibit the denial or abridgment by the State or any political subdivision of the State of equal rights based on the sex of an individual?[2] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Article I, Maine Constitution
The measure would have added a Section 25 to Article I of the Maine Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added:[1]
Section 25. Equality of rights. Equality of rights under the law may not be denied or abridged by the State or any political subdivision of the State based on the sex of an individual. The Legislature has the power to enforce this section by appropriate legislation.[2]
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.
Rep. Lois Reckitt (D-31) introduced the constitutional amendment as Legislative Document 433 (LD 433) during the 2019 legislative session. On May 14, 2019, the state House voted to engross LD 433.[1]
See also
External links
Amendment
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Maine State Legislature, "Legislative Document 433," accessed May 15, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
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