Maine Suffrage for Native Americans, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1954)

Voting on Suffrage Ballot Measures By state By year Not on ballot Maine Constitution Preamble Articles I • II • III • IV-1 • IV-2 • IV-3 • V-1 • V-2 • V-3 • VI • VII • VIII-1 • VIII-2 • IX • X

The Maine Suffrage for Native Americans Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2, was on the September 13, 1954 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. This amended Section 1 of Article II and Section 2 of Article IV, Part First of the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1954)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		155,528	78.86%
No		41,688	21.14%

Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-

Text of measure

See also: Maine Constitution, Article II, Section 1 and Article IV, Part First, Section 2

The language appeared on the ballot as:

“

Shall the constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the legislature permitting Indians to vote?

”

Constitutional changes

The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.

Path to the ballot

• Legislative Document: L.D. 470, H.P. 423 (1953 Regular Session)
• Legislative Enactment: With Amendment #265, Resolves 1953, c. 97

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1954 ballot measures
• 1954 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 10, 1954
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database