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changes are not made. The Legislature shall enact the submitted | | plan of the commission or a plan of its own by a vote of 2/3 of | | the Members of each House, within 30 calendar days after the | | plan of the commission is submitted. Such action shall be | | subject to the Governor's approval as provided in Article IV, | | Part Third, Section 2. |
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| | | In the event that the Legislature shall fail to make an | | apportionment within 130 days after convening, the Supreme | | Judicial Court shall, within 60 days following the period in | | which the Legislature is required to act but fails to do so, | | make the apportionment. In making such apportionment, the | | Supreme Judicial Court shall take into consideration plans and | | briefs filed by the public with the court during the first 30 | | days of the period in which the court is required to | | apportion. |
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| | | The Supreme Judicial Court shall have original jurisdiction | | to hear any challenge to an apportionment law enacted by the | | Legislature, as registered by any citizen or group thereof. | | If any challenge is sustained, the Supreme Judicial Court | | shall make the apportionment. |
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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 reduce | | the size of the Senate from no more than 35 members to 32 | | members, effective in the year 2004, and to reapportion | | Senatorial Districts to coincide with the counties of the | | State?" |
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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 |
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