Maine November General Election, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1957)

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The Maine November General Election Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2, was on the September 9, 1957 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure changed the biennial general election date from the second Monday of September to the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

Election results

Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1957)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		63,820	63.81%
No		36,202	36.19%

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. 2 "Shall the Constitution which now provides that the general election shall take place on the second Monday of September, biennially, be amended, as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature, to the Tuesday following the first Monday in November?"

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See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1957 ballot measures
• 1957 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Lewiston Evening Journal, "Specimen Ballot," September 6, 1957
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database