Maine Voting Age Requirement of 18, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1971)

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The Maine Voting Age Requirement of 18 Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1, was on the November 2, 1971 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure reduced the voting age requirement from 20 to 18 years old.

Background

Just one year prior to the passage of this measure, the voting age was reduced from 21 to 20 years old by legislatively referred constitutional amendment.

Election results

Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1971)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		144,949	59.35%
No		99,274	40.65%

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 CONSTITUTIOANL AMENDMENT NO. 1 "Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature to reduce the voting age to eighteen years?"

”

Similar measures

• Maine Voting Age Requirement of 20, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1970) a

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1971 ballot measures
• 1971 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 26, 1971
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database