Maine Gubernatorial Pardon Power for Juvenile Delinquency, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1955)

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The Maine Gubernatorial Pardon Power for Juvenile Delinquency Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1, was on the September 12, 1955 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure extended pardon powers of the Governor and Council to offenses of juvenile delinquency. This amended Section 11 of Article V, Part First of the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine Proposed Amendment No. 1 (1955)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		22,658	74.98%
No		7,562	25.02%

Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-

Text of measure

See also: Maine Constitution, Article V, Part First, Section 11

The language appeared on the ballot as:

“

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1 "Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature Extending Pardon Powers of Governor and Council to Offenses of Juvenile Delinquency?"

”

Constitutional changes

The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1955 ballot measures
• 1955 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 9, 1955
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database