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Maine Question 1, Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors Amendment (September 1911)

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Maine Question 1

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Election date

September 11, 1911

Topic
Alcohol laws
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Maine Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Maine on September 11, 1911. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported repealing and annulling the 26th amendment adopted on September 8, 1884, which prohibited the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. 

A "no" vote opposed repealing and annulling the 26th amendment adopted on September 8, 1884, which prohibited the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. 


Election results

Maine Question 1

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 60,095 49.69%

Defeated No

60,853 50.31%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:

Shall the Constitution be Amended so as to Abrogate and Annul the Twenty-sixth Amendment Adopted on the Eight Day of September, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Four, Relating to the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors?


Path to the ballot

{{MaineHBMPath|Type = LRCA |Year = 1911}

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