Maine Question 7, Discrimination Prohibition Amendment (1963)

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The Maine Discrimination Prohibition Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2, was on the November 5, 1963 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure prohibited discrimination against any person.

Election results

Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1963)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		49,966	72.14%
No		19,294	27.86%

Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-

Text of measure

The language appeared on the ballot as:

“

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 2 "Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature Forbidding Discrimination Against Any Person?"

”

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1963 ballot measures
• 1963 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 29, 1962
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database