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Maine Standard Time, Question No. 1 (1925)
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The Maine Standard Time People's Veto, also known as Question No. 1, was on the December 7, 1925 ballot in Maine as a veto referendum, where it was approved. The measure established the standard time in Maine as based on the mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, also known as Standard Eastern Time.[1][2][3]
Election results
| Maine Question No. 1 (1925) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 34,414 | 54.74% | ||
| No | 28,454 | 45.26% | ||
Election results via:Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, People's Vetoes 1909-
Text of measure
The full text of the ballot language can be read here.
See also
- Maine 1925 ballot measures
- 1925 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," December 3 , 1925
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, People's Vetoes 1909-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
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