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Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question (1970)
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The Maine State Highways Construction Bond Issue, also known as Referendum Question, was on the March 16, 1970 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred bond question, where it was approved.[1] The measure issued $19.5 million in bonds, including the matching of federal funds, for the construction of state highways.[2][3]
Election results
| Maine Referendum Question (1970) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 65,235 | 54.99% | ||
| No | 53,390 | 45.01% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Votes on Maine Bond Issues, 1951-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
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"Shall a Bond Issue be ratified for the purposes set forth in 'An Act to Authorize the Issuance of Bonds in the Amount of Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars on Behalf of the State of Maine to Build State Highways including the matching of Federal Funds' passed by the First Special Session of the 104th Legislature?" [4] |
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Similar measures
- Maine Bond Issue for State Highways, Question No. 2 (1912)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 5 (1919)
- Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1921)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1925)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 3 (1929)
- Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1935)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (1939)
- Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1951)
- Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1957)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1959)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1961)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1963)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1965)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1968)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 11 (1969)
- Maine Highway, Bridge and Airport Improvements and Groundwater Pollution, Question 9 (1987) * Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1972)
See also
- Maine 1970 ballot measures
- 1970 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," March 9, 1970
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Votes on Maine Bond Issues, 1951-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Votes on Maine Bond Issues, 1951-," accessed April 14, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," March 9, 1970
- ↑ PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MAINE AS PASSED BY THE One Hundred and Fourth Legislature AT THE SPECIAL SESSION, "Chapter 232," accessed April 15, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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