Maine Public Fund Uses Amendment (September 1926)

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The Maine Public Fund Uses Referendum was on the September 13, 1926 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have prohibited the use of public funds for other than public institutions or public purposes. This would have added a new article to the Maine Constitution with three sections.

Election results

Maine Public Fund Uses Referendum (1926)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		94,148	59.03%
Yes		65,349	40.97%

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

Text of measure

The question on the ballot read as, "Shall the Constitution be Amended as Proposed by a Resolution of the Legislature Prohibiting the Use of Public Funds for Other than Public Institutions and Public Purposes?"

Constitutional changes

The full text of the proposed constitutional changes can be read here.

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1926 ballot measures
• 1926 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database

Footnotes

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