| | | 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. II, §1 is amended to read: |
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| | | Section 1. Qualifications of electors; written ballot; | | military servicemen; students. Every citizen of the United | States of the age of 18 | | persons under guardianship for reasons of mental illness, | | having his or her residence established in this State, shall | | be an elector for Governor, Senators and Representatives, in | | the city, town or plantation where his or her residence has | | been established, if he or she continues to reside in this | | State; and the elections shall be by written ballot. But | | persons in the military, naval or marine service of the United | | States, or this State, shall not be considered as having | | obtained such established residence by being stationed in any | | garrison, barrack or military place, in any city, town or | | plantation; nor shall the residence of a student at any | | seminary of learning entitle the student to the right of | | suffrage in the city, town or plantation where such seminary | | is established. No person, however, shall be deemed to have | | lost residence by reason of the person's absence from the | | state in the military service of the United States, or of this | | State. |
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| | | Indians. Every Indian, residing on tribal reservations and | | otherwise qualified, shall be an elector in all county, state | | and national elections. |
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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 | | voting age qualifications by 12 months, from 18 years of | | age and upwards to 17 years of age and upwards?" |
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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, |
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