JULY 25, 2023
CHAPTER
PASSED BY 1
LEGISLATURE FOR
APPROVAL AT CONSTITUTIONAL
REFERENDUM RESOLUTION
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 48 - L.D. 78
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to
Require All Provisions in the Constitution to Be Included in the Official
Printing
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. X, §7 is repealed.
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 held in the month 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:
"Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require that all of
the provisions of the Constitution be included in the official printed copies
of the Constitution prepared by the Secretary of State?"
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. 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 of Maine on the date of the proclamation.
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 purposes of this referendum.
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