Maine Legislative Candidate Residency Requirement, Question 13 (1987)
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The Maine Legislative Candidate Residency Requirement Referendum, also known as Question 13, was on the November 3, 1987 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1] The measure required candidates for the house of representatives be a resident in the district which they seek to represent. This amended Section 4 of Article IV, Part First of the Maine Constitution.[2][3]
Election results
| Maine Question 13 (1987) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 300,932 | 80.41% | ||
| No | 73,316 | 19.59% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[3]
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"Shall the Constitution of Maine be amended to require a candidate for State Representative or State Senator to be a resident in the district which the candidate seeks to represent at the time he is nominated to be placed on any election ballot?" [4] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes made by this text can be read here.
Similar measures
See also
- Maine 1987 ballot measures
- 1987 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 3, 1987: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," October 27, 1987
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 25, 2014
- ↑ Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 3, 1987: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," October 27, 1987
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Laws of the State of Maine as Passed by the One Hundred and Thirteenth Legislature, "Constitutional Resolutions, Chapter 1," accessed April 25, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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