Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment 5, Limit Number of State Representatives Per Municipality Measure (September 1950)

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Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment 5

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Election date

September 11, 1950

Topic
Redistricting policy
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Maine on September 11, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to limit the number of members in the House of Representatives that a municipality may have to seven, with exceptions for merged cities. 

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to limit the number of members in the House of Representatives that a municipality may have to seven, with exceptions for merged cities. 


Election results

Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment 5

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

109,325 71.43%
No 43,718 28.57%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposed Constitutional Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

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?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


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.

See also

1950 Measures

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