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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 of Maine 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 purposes of this referendum. |
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| | | This constitutional amendment proposes to authorize a | | municipality to limit the rate of change in the tax rate | | applicable to homestead land, which is land that is exclusively | | and continuously owned by one or more residents of the State | | while the land remains the principal home of each owner, to the | | rate of change in the purchasing power of United States currency | | as consistently measured by a reliable index adopted by the | | Legislature. |
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