| | | 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. IV, Pt. First, §4 is amended to read: |
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| | | Section 4. Qualifications; residency requirement. No person | | shall be a member of the House of Representatives, unless the | | person shall, at the commencement of the period for which the | | person is elected, have been 5 years a citizen of the United | States, have arrived at the age of 21 | | resident in this State one year; and for the 3 months next | | preceding the time of this person's election shall have been, | | and, during the period for which elected, shall continue to be a | | resident in the district which that person represents. |
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| | | No person may be a candidate for election as a member of the | | House of Representatives unless, at the time of the nomination | | for placement on a primary, general or special election ballot, | | that person is a resident in the district which the candidate | | seeks to represent. |
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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 general | | election, at the next general election in the month of November | | following 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 decrease | | from 21 years of age to 18 years of age the minimum age for | | election to the Maine House of Representatives?" |
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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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