Maine Municipal Home Rule, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1969)

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The Maine Municipal Home Rule Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3, was on the November 4, 1969 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure provided for municipal home rule. This means that municipalities could alter and amend their charters on matters of a local and municipal nature not otherwise prohibited by the Constitution or general laws. The procedure for doing so was to be proscribed by the Legislature. This measure added Article VIII-A, Section 1 to the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1969)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		76,405	57.61%
No		56,209	42.39%

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

Text of measure

The language appeared on the ballot as:

“

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3 "Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature to Provide for Municipal Home Rule?"

”

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1969 ballot measures
• 1969 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 28, 1969
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database