Maine Voter Residence Qualification, Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (1938)
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The Maine Maine Voter Residence Qualification Referendum, also known as Proposed Amendment to the Constitution, was on the September 12, 1938 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure lengthened the amount of time it took to qualify as a resident to vote.[1][2] This amended Section 1 to Article II of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (1938) | ||||
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Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
![]() | 125,996 | 61.36% | ||
No | 79,342 | 38.64% |
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 constitutional changes created by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
The residency requirement was previously lengthened from three to six months in 1935 by a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
Other related measures:
- Maine Residence for Suffrage Purposes, Amendment No. 2 (1919)
- Maine Elimination of Residency Requirement for Intrastate Moves, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1974)
See also
- Maine 1938 ballot measures
- 1938 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "Referendum Questions to be Voted Upon September 12, 1938," September 7, 1938
- Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ Lewiston Daily Sun, "Referendum Questions to be Voted Upon September 12, 1938," September 7, 1938
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Eighty-Eighth Legislature 1937, "Chapter 4," accessed April 18, 2014
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