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for a petition for a people's veto and within 5 days for a petition | | for a direct initiative, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays | | excepted, of the date on which such petitions were submitted to | | them. The petition shall set forth the full text of the measure | | requested or proposed. Petition forms shall be furnished or | | approved by the Secretary of State upon written application signed | | in the office of the Secretary of State by a resident of this State | | whose name must appear on the voting list of the city, town or | | plantation of that resident as qualified to vote for Governor. The | | full text of a measure submitted to a vote of the people under the | | provisions of the Constitution need not be printed on the official | | ballots, but, until otherwise provided by the Legislature, the | | Secretary of State shall prepare the ballots in such form as to | | present the question or questions concisely and intelligibly. |
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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 require | | that, in order to become law, a citizen-initiated measure | | that imposes a new or increased tax or fee must be approved | | by the Legislature and signed by the Governor?" |
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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 | | 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, |
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