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Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (1939)
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The Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase Referendum, also known as Proposed Amendment to the Constitution, was on the September 11, 1939 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have provided an additional issue of highway bonds.[1][2] This would have amended Section 17 to Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (1939) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 21,265 | 56.31% | ||
| Yes | 16,500 | 43.69% | ||
Election results via: Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The full text of the ballot language can be read here.
Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes proposed by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
Funding for state highway construction projects has been a frequent ballot issue in Maine. The following lists those that have been approved and defeated.
Approved
- Maine Bond Issue for State Highways, Question No. 2 (1912)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 5 (1919)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1925)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 3 (1929)
- Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1935)
- Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1957)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1959)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1961)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1963)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1965)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1968)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1974)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement Program, Referendum Question No. 2 (1975)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement Program, Referendum Question No. 7 (1977)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Referendum Question No. 1 (1979)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Referendum Question No. 2 (1981)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Bond Issue 3 (1983)
- Maine Highway, Bridge and Airport Improvements, Bond Issue 4 (1985)
- Maine Highway, Bridge, Airport and Harbor Improvements, Question 7 (1989)
- Maine Highway, Bridge, Airport, Ferry Vessel and Harbor Improvements Matching Federal Funds, Question 8 (1991)
Defeated
- Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1921)
- Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1951)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 11 (1969)
- Maine Highway, Bridge and Airport Improvements and Groundwater Pollution, Question 9 (1987)
See also
- Maine 1939 ballot measures
- 1939 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," September 5, 1939
- Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
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