Maine Question 3, Municipal Indebtedness Amendment (September 1911)
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| Topic Debt limits and Local government finance and taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Maine Question 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Maine on September 11, 1911. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported permitting municipalities of 40,000 inhabitants or more to increase their indebtedness to 7.5 percent. |
A "no" vote opposed permitting municipalities of 40,000 inhabitants or more to increase their indebtedness to 7.5 percent. |
Election results
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Maine Question 3 |
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39,240 | 50.34% | ||
| No | 38,712 | 49.66% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be Amended as Proposed by Resolution of the Legislature Providing that the Towns Having a Population of Forty Thousand Inhabitants or More, According to the Last Census taken by the United States, be Permitted to Create a Debt or Liability which Single or in the Aggregate Equals Seven and One-half Per Centum of its Last Regular Valuation and that the Increase in Amount of Debt be no Greater than One-quarter of One Per Centum, over the Present Rate of Five Per Cent in any One Year? | ” |
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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