Maine Question 9, Fish Hatcheries Improvement and Expansion Bond Measure (1994)

Maine Question 9
Election date November 8, 1994
Topic Bond issues and Fisheries and fishing regulations
Status Defeated
Type Bond issue	Origin State legislature

Maine Question 9 was on the ballot as a bond issue in Maine on November 8, 1994. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported issuing $10 million in bonds for improvements and expansions of fish hatcheries.

A "no" vote opposed issuing $10 million in bonds for improvements and expansions of fish hatcheries.

Election results

Maine Question 9
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		238,092	48.87%
No		249,142	51.13%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 9 was as follows:

“

Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue for the improvement and expansion of fish hatcheries?

”

Path to the ballot

In Maine, voter approval is required for state bond issues that exceed $2 million, with exceptions to bonds for the purpose of suppressing insurrection, repelling invasion, or for purposes of war, as well as for temporary loans paid out of money raised by taxation during the fiscal year which they are made, or for loans to be paid within 12 months with federal transportation funds.

A two thirds majority (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Maine State Legislature to place a bond issue 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. State bond issues require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1994 Measures

• 1994 Measures
• Fisheries and fishing regulations on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1994 legislative sessions

Maine

• Maine ballot measures
• Maine ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Maine Voter Guide (1994)