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Maine Equal Rights Under the Law Amendment (2024)
| Maine Equal Rights Under the Law Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Constitutional rights | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Maine Equal Rights Under the Law Amendment was not on the ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
This measure would have added a provision to the Maine Constitution to prohibit the denial of equal rights based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry or national origin of an individual.[1]
Text of measure
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The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
A two-thirds majority (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for 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 State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
The legislation was introduced as Maine House Bill 1412 in the 2023-2024 legislative session. On June 20, the Maine State Senate and the Maine House of Representatives voted to engross the amendment.[2]
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State of Maine Augusta (capital) |
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