Maine Town Merger Apportionment of Representatives, Proposed Amendment No. 5 (1917)
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The Maine Town Merger Apportionment of Representatives, also known as Proposed Amendment No. 5, was on the September 10, 1917 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure allowed representation in the Maine House of Representatives to remain as formerly in the event of the merger of towns and cities.[1][2] This amended Section 3 of Article IV, Part First of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Amendment No. 5 (1917) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 22,013 | 50.34% | ||
| No | 21,719 | 49.66% | ||
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 Representative Apportionment, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1950)
- Maine House of Representatives Elections, Powers and Apportionment, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1963)
- Maine House of Representatives Age Qualification, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1972)
- Maine Single-Member Legislative Districts and Apportionment Commission, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1975)
See also
- Maine 1917 ballot measures
- 1917 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "Sample Ballot," September 5, 1917
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