Maine Residence for Suffrage Purposes, Amendment No. 2 (1919)
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The Maine Residence for Suffrage Purposes Referendum, also known as Amendment No. 2, was on the September 8, 1919 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure provided for the continuation of the right of suffrage to a person otherwise qualified to vote for Governor, Senators and Representatives in the town or plantation where his residence for suffrage purposes had been established for a period of three months after moving to another place in the state.[1][2] This amended Sections 1 of Article II of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Aftermath
The three month period to establish residency after moving within the state was later repealed in 1974.
Election results
| Maine Amendment No. 2 (1919) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 22,024 | 76.54% | ||
| No | 6,751 | 23.46% | ||
Election results via: Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The full text of the ballot language can be read here.
Constitutional changes
The full text of the proposed constitutional changes can be read here.
Similar measures
- Maine Voter Residence Qualification, Amendment No. 1 (1935)
- Maine Voter Residence Qualification, Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (1938)
- Maine Elimination of Residency Requirement for Intrastate Moves, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1974)
See also
- Maine 1919 ballot measures
- 1919 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Evening Journal, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments to be Voted Upon September 8, 1919," August 23, 1919
- Main 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 3, 2014
- ↑ Lewiston Evening Journal, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments to be Voted Upon September 8, 1919," August 23, 1919
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Seventy-Ninth Legislature. 1919, "Chapter 108," accessed April 18, 2014
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