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Maine Question 8, Municipal Certification of Direct Initiative Petitions Amendment (1996)
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| Topic Initiative and referendum process |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Maine Question 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Maine on November 5, 1996. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring that petitions for direct initiatives be submitted to local officials for certification by the tenth day before the petition must be submitted to the secretary of state, so that there would be five working days rather than two for the certification to be completed. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring that petitions for direct initiatives be submitted to local officials for certification by the tenth day before the petition must be submitted to the secretary of state, keeping the status quo of two days for the certification to be completed. |
Election results
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Maine Question 8 |
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367,994 | 66.25% | ||
| No | 187,428 | 33.75% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 8 was as follows:
| “ | Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require that a direct initiative petition be submitted to local officials earlier than is presently required in order to allow 5 working days rather than 2 working days for local officials to certify the petition? | ” |
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.
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State of Maine Augusta (capital) |
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