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Maine Question 3A, Bond Issue to Fund Juvenile and Adult Correctional Facilities Measure (1989)

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Maine Question 3A

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Election date

November 7, 1989

Topic
Bond issues and Prison and jail funding
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Bond issue 		Origin

State legislature


Maine Question 3A was on the ballot as a bond issue in Maine on November 7, 1989. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported issuing $14.5 million in bonds to fund the construction and renovation of correctional facilities in Maine, including: 

  • the Maine State Prison; 
  • the Maine Correctional Center;
  • the Charleston Correctional Facility; 
  • the Maine Youth Center;
  • the Juvenile Detention Facility in Northern Maine; 
  • the Downeast Correctional Facility; and
  • and prerelease centers. 

A "no" vote opposed issuing $14.5 million in bonds to fund the construction and renovation of correctional facilities in Maine.


    Election results

    Maine Question 3A

    Result Votes Percentage

    Approved Yes

    		124,556 53.34%
    No 108,978 46.66%
    Results are officially certified.
    Source


    Text of measure

    Ballot title

    The ballot title for Question 3A was as follows:

    “

    Shall a bond issue be authorized in the amount of $14,500,000 to build and repair correctional facilities, $9,520,000 of which shall be for juvenile correctional facilities?

    		”

    Full Text

    The full text of this measure is available here.


    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

    1989 Measures

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