Maine Question 3, Port Facilities Bond Issue Amendment (September 1919)

Maine Question 3
Election date September 8, 1919
Topic Bond issues and Ports and harbors
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Maine Question 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Maine on September 8, 1919. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing for a bond issue for the purposes of building and maintaining public wharves and for the establishment of adequate port facilities.

A "no" vote opposed providing for a bond issue for the purposes of building and maintaining public wharves and for the establishment of adequate port facilities.

Election results

Maine Question 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		22,637	76.96%
No		6,777	23.04%

Results are officially certified.

Source

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 for the issuing of state bonds for the purposes of building and maintaining public wharves and for the establishment of adequate port facilities in the state of Maine?

”

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.

See also

1919 Measures

• 1919 Measures
• Ports and harbors on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1919 legislative sessions

Maine

• Maine ballot measures
• Maine ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Maine Voter Guide (1919)