Maine Higher Education Loans, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1967)
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The Maine Higher Education Loans Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2, was on the November 7, 1967 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1] The measure issued up to $1 million in bonds for loans to students in higher education.[2]
Aftermath
In 1971, another ballot measure issued up to $4 milllion in bonds for loans for higher education.
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1967) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 57,583 | 70.57% | ||
| No | 24,018 | 29.43% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
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"Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature Pledging Credit of the State and Providing for the Issuance of Bonds Not Exceeding One Million Dollars for Loans for Maine Students in Higher Education?" [3] |
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Similar measures
See also
- Maine 1967 ballot measures
- 1967 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 31, 1967
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 31, 1967
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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