| | | Constitutional amendment. Resolved: Two thirds of each branch of the | | Legislature concurring, that the following amendment to the | | Constitution of Maine be proposed: |
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| | | Constitution, Art. V, Part Second, §§1 and 1-A are amended to read: |
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| | | Section 1. Election. The Secretary of State shall | chosen biennially at the first session of the Legislature, by | joint ballot of the Senators and Representatives in convention | | every 4 years by popular election on the same date and in the | | same manner as provided by this Constitution for the election of | | Governor. |
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| | | Section 1-A. Succession to the office of Secretary of State. | | If a vacancy occurs in the office of the Secretary of State, the | | first deputy secretary of state shall act as the Secretary of | State until a Secretary of State is elected by the Legislature | during the current session if in session, or at the next regular | or special session | | occurs more than 90 days before the primary election for | | nominating candidates to be voted for at the next biennial | | election, the vacancy must be filled by the first deputy | | secretary of state until the first Wednesday after the first | | Tuesday in January following the biennial election.__At the | | biennial election, a Secretary of State must be elected to fill | | the unexpired term created by the vacancy. |
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| | | Constitutional referendum procedure; form of question; effective date. Resolved: | | That the municipal officers of this State shall notify the | | inhabitants of their respective cities, towns and plantations to | | meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a statewide | | election, at a statewide election, on the Tuesday following the | | first Monday of November following the passage of this | | resolution, to vote upon the ratification of the amendment | | proposed in this resolution by voting upon the following | | question: |
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| | | "Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to provide | | that the Secretary of State be elected by the people every 4 | | years in the same manner as the Governor is elected?" |
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| | | The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote | | by ballot on this question and designate their choice by a cross | | or check mark placed within the corresponding square below the | | word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, | | counted and declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings |
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