Maine Voting Machines, Amendment No. 1 (1933)
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The Maine Voting Machines Referendum, also known as Amendment No. 1, was on the September 11, 1933 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated.[1] The measure would have allowed for the use of voting machines in all elections in Maine, so long as the right to secret voting was not infringed upon by them.[2] This would have amended Section 5 of Article II of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Aftermath
Although Amendment No. 1 was defeated, the issue was voted upon again as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in 1935 and passed with 61.89 percent of the votes in favor of voting machine usage.
Election results
| Maine Amendment No. 1 (1933) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 64,553 | 53.01% | ||
| Yes | 57,230 | 46.99% | ||
Election results via: Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
| “ | "Shall the constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the legislature authorizing the use of voting machines in elections?" By Chapter 81 of the Resolves of 1933, it is proposed to further amend Article II of the Constitution, by adding thereto the following section, to wit: 'Sec. 5. Voting machines, or other mechanical devices for voting, may be used at all elections under such regulations as may be prescribed by law: provided, however, the right of secret voting shall be preserved.' [4] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text of the proposed constitutional changes can be read here.
Similar measures
See also
- Maine 1933 ballot measures
- 1933 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," September 2, 1933
- 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 3, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," September 2, 1933
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Eighty-sixth Legislature 1933, "Chapter 81," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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