Maine Question 14, State Guaranteed Loans for Private Colleges Amendment (1969)
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| Topic Bond issues and Higher education funding |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Maine Question 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Maine on November 4, 1969. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported providing $25 million in bonds for state guaranteed loans to private colleges for the construction and expansion of facilities. |
A "no" vote opposed providing $25 million in bonds for state guaranteed loans to private colleges for the construction and expansion of facilities. |
Election results
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Maine Question 14 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 55,770 | 41.37% | ||
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79,051 | 58.63% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 14 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution which now, with certain exceptions, provides that the credit of the State of Maine shall not be directly or indirectly loaned in any case, be amended, as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature pledging credit of state and providing for the issuance of bonds not exceeding, at any one time issued and outstanding, twenty-five million dollars for loans to private colleges for construction and expansion of facilities? | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Maine Constitution
A two-thirds majority (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Maine State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 101 votes in the Maine House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Maine State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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