Maine Question 5 , Maritime Academy Pier Reconstruction Bond Measure (1987)

Maine Question 5
Election date November 3, 1987
Topic Bond issues and Higher education funding
Status Defeated
Type Bond issue	Origin State legislature

Maine Question 5 was on the ballot as a bond issue in Maine on November 3, 1987. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported issuing $3.1 million in bonds for pier reconstruction at the Maine Maritime Academy.

A "no" vote opposed issuing $3.1 million in bonds for pier reconstruction at the Maine Maritime Academy.

Election results

Maine Question 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		182,851	47.48%
No		202,255	52.52%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 5 was as follows:

“

Do you favor a $3,100,000 bond issue for pier reconstruction at the Maine Maritime Academy?

”

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.

See also

1987 Measures

• 1987 Measures
• Higher education funding on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1987 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 (1987)