Maine Public Money Appropriations and Accounting, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1964)

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The Maine Public Money Appropriations and Accounting, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4, was on the November 3, 1964 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure eliminated the requirements that money drawn from the state treasury require warrants from the Governor and Council, except for those allocated by law. It also removed the requirement that a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money be published at the commencement of each biennial session of the Legislature.

Election results

Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1964)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		131,407	56.11%
No		102,809	43.89%

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. 4 "Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature eliminating requirements relating to warrants for public money and publication of receipts and expenditures?"

”

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1964 ballot measures
• 1964 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• The Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 26, 2014
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database