Maine Question 5, Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase Amendment (September 1919)

Maine Question 5
Election date September 8, 1919
Topic Bond issues and Highways and bridges
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Maine Question 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Maine on September 8, 1919. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported increasing the amount of bonds to be issued for the purpose of building state highways and providing for the building of intrastate, interstate and international bridges.

A "no" vote opposed increasing the amount of bonds to be issued for the purpose of building state highways and providing for the building of intrastate, interstate and international bridges.

Election results

Maine Question 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		26,228	83.65%
No		5,125	16.35%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be Amended as Proposed by a Resolution of the Legislature for an Increase in the Amount of State Bonds to be Issued for the Purpose of Building State Highways and Intrastate, Interstate and International Bridges?

”

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
• Bond issues on the ballot
• Highways and bridges 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)