Maine Military Service Voting Clarification, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1955)

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The Maine Military Service Voting Clarification Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4, was on the September 12, 1955 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure repealed language specifying voting regulations for persons in the military. This repealed Section 12 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1955)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		25,347	84.46%
No		4,664	15.54%

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

Text of measure

See also: Maine Constitution, Article IX, Section 12

The language appeared on the ballot as:

“

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 4 "Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature to clarify voting by persons in military service?"

”

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