Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1921)
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The Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, also known as Amendment No. 2, was on the September 12, 1921 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have permitted the use of proceeds from state highways bonds for construction of state aid highways.[1][2] This would have amended Section 17 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Amendment No. 2 (1921) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 16,194 | 62.00% | |||
| Yes | 9,924 | 38.00% | ||
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 language can be read here.
Similar measures
Funding for state highway construction projects has been a frequent ballot issue in Maine. The following lists those that have been approved and defeated.
Approved
- Maine Bond Issue for State Highways, Question No. 2 (1912)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 5 (1919)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1925)
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 3 (1929)
- Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1935)
- Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1957)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1959)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1961)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1963)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1965)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1968)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1974)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement Program, Referendum Question No. 2 (1975)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement Program, Referendum Question No. 7 (1977)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Referendum Question No. 1 (1979)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Referendum Question No. 2 (1981)
- Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Bond Issue 3 (1983)
- Maine Highway, Bridge and Airport Improvements, Bond Issue 4 (1985)
- Maine Highway, Bridge, Airport and Harbor Improvements, Question 7 (1989)
- Maine Highway, Bridge, Airport, Ferry Vessel and Harbor Improvements Matching Federal Funds, Question 8 (1991)
Defeated
- Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (1939)
- Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1951)
- Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 11 (1969)
- Maine Highway, Bridge and Airport Improvements and Groundwater Pollution, Question 9 (1987)
See also
- Maine 1921 ballot measures
- 1921 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- The Lewiston Daily Sun, "SPECIMEN BALLOT," Wednesday Morning, August 24, 1921
- 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
- ↑ The Lewiston Daily Sun, "SPECIMEN BALLOT," Wednesday Morning, August 24, 1921
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Eightieth Legislature. 1921, "Chapter 141," accessed April 18, 2014
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