Maine Odd Number of State Senators, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1969)

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The Maine Odd Number of State Senators Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2, was on the November 4, 1969 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure provided that the members of the Senate should be an odd number with no fewer than 31 members and no more than 41. The measure amended Section 1 and Section 2 of Article IV, Part Second of the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine (1969)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		76,330	56.84%
No		57,950	43.16%

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

Text of measure

See also: Maine Constitution, Article IV, Part Second, Section 1 and Section 2

The language appeared on the ballot as:

“

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 2 "Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature to provide for an odd numbered Senate of not less than thirty-one nor more than forty-one senators following the constitutionally required apportionment in 1971?"

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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