Maine Representative Apportionment, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1950)
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The Maine Representative Apportionment Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5, was on the September 11, 1950 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1][2] The measure apportioned to each county a number of state representatives in proportion to the total number of the county's inhabitants to that of the state. It also stipulated that no city or town could be entitled to more than seven representatives, except in the event of a merger between towns or cities. If such a merger occurs, the two previous amounts of representatives would be combined and create a new state limit for the number of representatives for one town or city. This repealed and replaced Section 3 of Article IV, Part First of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1950) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 109,325 | 71.43% | ||
| No | 43,718 | 28.57% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
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"Shall the constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the legislature to apportion the number of members of the house of representatives to the several towns?" [4] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
- Maine Town Merger Apportionment of Representatives, Proposed Amendment No. 5 (1917)
- Maine House of Representatives Elections, Powers and Apportionment, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1963)
- Maine House of Representatives Age Qualification, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1972)
- Maine Single-Member Legislative Districts and Apportionment Commission, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1975)
See also
- Maine 1950 ballot measures
- 1950 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- The Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," September 8, 1950
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," September 8, 1950
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Ninety-fourth Legislature 1949, "Chapter 211," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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