| | | Preamble. Whereas, pursuant to an order of the United States | | Secretary of Transportation, the State of Maine is in the Eastern | | Standard Time zone; and |
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| | | Whereas, there would be many benefits to the State of Maine if | | the State were placed in the Atlantic Standard Time zone, | | including more daylight in the afternoon, increased economic | | opportunities and less energy consumption; now, therefore, be it |
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| | | Sec. 1. Secretary of State to request that United States Secretary of Transportation | | place Maine in Atlantic Standard Time zone. Resolved: That the Secretary of | | State shall request that the United States Secretary of | | Transportation place the State of Maine in the Atlantic Standard | | Time zone; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 2. Referendum procedure; submission at statewide election; form of question; | | effective date. Resolved: That this resolve must be submitted to the | | legal voters of the State at a statewide election held on the | | Tuesday following the first Monday of November following passage | | of this resolve. 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, to vote on the acceptance or rejection of | | this resolve by voting on the following question: |
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| | | "Do you favor placing Maine in the Atlantic Standard Time | | zone?" |
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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 a 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 resolve, the Governor shall proclaim that | | fact without delay, and the resolve takes effect 30 days after | | the date of the proclamation. |
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| | | The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, | | town and plantation all ballots, returns and copies of this | | resolve necessary to carry out the purposes of this referendum. |
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| | | This resolve directs the Secretary of State to request that | | the United States Secretary of Transportation place |
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