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and before this measure is submitted to the electors, shall hold 6 | | public hearings on this measure.__Three of these hearings must be | | held in the First Congressional District, and 3 of these hearings | | must be held in the Second Congressional District. |
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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 change | | the process for the direct initiative of legislation, as | | provided by law?" |
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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 | | and returns made to the Secretary of State in the same manner as | | votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall review | | the returns and, if it appears that a majority of the legal votes | | are cast in favor of the amendment, the Governor shall proclaim | | that fact without delay and the amendment becomes part of the | | Constitution on the date of the proclamation; and be it further |
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| | | Secretary of State shall prepare ballots. Resolved: That the Secretary of | | State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation | | all ballots, returns and copies of this resolution necessary to | | carry out the purpose of this referendum. |
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| | | This constitutional resolution provides that 50% of the | | required number of signatures of electors for a direct initiative | | of legislation must be signatures of electors who are qualified | | to vote in the Second Congressional District. It also requires | | that the Legislature, after a failure to enact a direct | | initiative without change and before this initiative is submitted | | to the electors, shall hold 6 public hearings on this initiative. | | Three of these hearings must be held in the First |
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| | | Congressional District, and 3 of these hearings must be held in | | the Second Congressional District. |
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