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Maine Question 7, Municipal Certification Deadline for Initiatives Amendment (2009)
| Maine Question 7 | |
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| Topic Initiative and referendum process |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Maine Question 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Maine on November 3, 2009. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported increasing amount of time that local officials have to certify the signatures on direct initiative petitions from five days to ten days. |
A "no" vote supported opposed amount of time that local officials have to certify the signatures on direct initiative petitions from five days to ten days. |
Election results
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Maine Question 7 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 260,887 | 47.76% | ||
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285,385 | 52.24% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 7 was as follows:
| “ | Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to increase the amount of time that local officials have to certify the signatures on direct initiative petitions? | ” |
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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