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Maine Judicial Term Limits (1976)
The Maine Judicial Succession Amendment was on the 1976 ballot in Maine, where it was approved. It was the 132nd constitutional amendment added to the Maine Constitution.
The amendment was legislatively-referred to the ballot by the Maine Legislature.
- In favor: 331,802
- Opposed: 105,278
The purpose of the amendment was to "allow judges to hold office up to 6 mos. till successors appointed."
See also
External links
- Proposed constitutional amendments from 1911-present, in Maine.
- The Constitutionalism of the American States, Kenneth Palmer and Jonathan Thomas, University of Missouri Press, 2008, page 31.