Maine Lewiston-Auburn Bridge, Referendum Question No. 3 (1967)
|
|
|
The Maine Lewiston-Auburn Bridge Bond Issue, also known as Referendum Question No. 3, was on the September 12, 1967 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred bond question, where it was defeated.[1] The measure would have issued $4.5 million in bonds for a bridge across the Androscoggin River between Auburn and Lewiston.[2]
Background
In 1951, a similar measure was also defeated attempting to fund a toll bridge in the same location with $3 million in bonds.
Election results
| Maine Referendum Question No. 3 (1967) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 55,434 | 60.34% | ||
| Yes | 36,444 | 39.67% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Votes on Maine Bond Issues, 1951-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
| “ |
"Shall a bond issue be ratified in an amount not to exceed $4,500,000 as set forth in 'An Act to Authorize the Construction of a Bridge Across the Androscoggin River between the Cities of Auburn and Lewiston,' passed by the 103rd Legislature?" [3] |
” |
Similar measures
Other measures that have been used to seek funding for similar bridge projects include the following:
- Maine Kennebec Bridge Bond Issue, Amendment No. 1 (1925)
- Maine Waldo-Hancock Bridge, Amendment No. 2 (1929)
- Maine Fore River Bridge Bond Issue, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1950)
- Maine Bangor-Brewer Toll Bridge Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 2 (1951)
- Maine Lewiston-Auburn Toll Bridge Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 3 (1951)
- Maine Jonesport Reach Bridge Bond Issue, Referendum Question (1955)
- Maine Passagassawaukeag River Bridge, Referendum Question No. 1 (1959)
- Maine Chebeague Island Bridge and Causeways, Referendum Question No. 5 (1963)
- Maine Kennebec Bridge, Referendum Question No. 3 (1972)
See also
- Maine 1967 ballot measures
- 1967 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 5, 1967
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Votes on Maine Bond Issues, 1951-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Votes on Maine Bond Issues, 1951-," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 5, 1967
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| |||||
