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LD 1111 Title Page RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Provide 4-ye... Page 2 of 3
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Constitutional amendment. Resolved: Two thirds of each branch of the
Legislature concurring, that the following amendment to the
Constitution of Maine be proposed:

 
Constitution, Art. II, §4 is amended to read:

 
Section 4. Time of state election; absentee voting. The
election of Senators and Representatives shall be on the Tuesday
following the first Monday of November biennially forever and the
election of Governor and, beginning with the general election
held in 2008, the election of Senators and Representatives shall
be on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November every 4
years. The Legislature under proper enactment shall authorize
and provide for voting by citizens of the State absent therefrom
in the Armed Forces of the United States or of this State and for
voting by other citizens absent or physically incapacitated for
reasons deemed sufficient.

 
Constitution, Art. IV, Pt. First, §2 is amended to read:

 
Section 2. Number of Representatives; terms; division of the
State into districts for House of Representatives. The House of
Representatives shall consist of 151 members, to be elected by
the qualified electors, and hold their office 2 4 years from the
day next preceding the first Wednesday in December following the
general election. A member may not serve more than 3 consecutive
terms as a member of the House of Representatives. The
Legislature which convenes in 1983 and every 10th year thereafter
shall cause the State to be divided into districts for the choice
of one Representative for each district. The number of
Representatives shall be divided into the number of inhabitants
of the State exclusive of foreigners not naturalized according to
the latest Federal Decennial Census or a State Census previously
ordered by the Legislature to coincide with the Federal Decennial
Census, to determine a mean population figure for each
Representative District. Each Representative District shall be
formed of contiguous and compact territory and shall cross
political subdivision lines the least number of times necessary
to establish as nearly as practicable equally populated
districts. Whenever the population of a municipality entitles it
to more than one district, all whole districts shall be drawn
within municipal boundaries. Any population remainder within the
municipality shall be included in a district with contiguous
territory and shall be kept intact.

 
Constitution, Art. IV, Pt. First, §5 is amended to read:


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