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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 2006, 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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