Maine State and Municipal Indebtedness, Amendment No. 2 (1933)

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The Maine State and Municipal Indebtedness Referendum, also known as Amendment No. 2, was on the September 11, 1933 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have raised the state debt limit to $2 million and excepted loans from the state for emergency relief from the municipal debt limit. This would have amended Section 14 and Section 20 of Article IX and Article XXII of the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine Amendment No. 2 (1933)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		81,023	62.95%
Yes		47,678	37.05%

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 Municipal Indebtedness, Question No. 3 (1911) a
• Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1951) d
• Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1951) a
• Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1954) a
• Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1955) a
• Maine Regulation of Municipal Borrowing, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1973) a

See also

Suggest a link

• 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

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