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Maine Question 4, Capital Improvements Bond Measure (September 1959)
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| Type Bond issue |
Origin |
Maine Question 4 was on the ballot as a bond issue in Maine on September 9, 1959. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported ratifying a $3.95 million state bond issue to fund capital improvements, construction, repairs, equipment, supplies, and furnishings for fiscal years 1960 and 1961. |
A "no" vote opposed ratifying a $3.95 million state bond issue to fund capital improvements, construction, repairs, equipment, supplies, and furnishings for fiscal years 1960 and 1961. |
Election results
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Maine Question 4 |
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39,367 | 77.15% | ||
| No | 11,660 | 22.85% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 4 was as follows:
| “ | Shall a bond issue be ratified for the purposes set forth in 'An Act to Authorize General Fund Bond Issue in Amount of Three Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars and to Appropriate Moneys for Capital Improvements, Construction, Repairs, Equipment, Supplies and Furnishings for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 1960 and June 30, 1961,' passed by the 99th Legislature? | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Maine, voter approval is required for state bond issues that exceed $2 million, with exceptions to bonds for the purpose of suppressing insurrection, repelling invasion, or for purposes of war, as well as for temporary loans paid out of money raised by taxation during the fiscal year which they are made, or for loans to be paid within 12 months with federal transportation funds.
A two thirds majority (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Maine State Legislature to place a bond issue 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. State bond issues require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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