Maine Income Tax, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1920)
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The Maine Income Tax Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3, was on the September 13, 1920 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have provided that the Legislature should have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from any derived source.[1][2] This would have amended Section 8 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1920) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 64,787 | 54.55% | ||
| Yes | 53,975 | 45.45% | ||
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 proposed constitutional changes can be read here.
See also
- Maine 1920 ballot measures
- 1920 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Evening Journal, "SPECIMEN BALLOT," August 30, 1920
- Main 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 3, 2014
- ↑ Lewiston Evening Journal, "SPECIMEN BALLOT," August 30, 1920
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Seventy-Ninth Legislature. 1919, "Chapter 179," accessed April 18, 2014
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