Maine Gubernatorial Term Length and Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1957)

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The Maine Gubernatorial Term Length and Limits Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3, was on the September 9, 1957 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure changed the term length for governor from two to four years. Additionally, it stipulated that the governor could not serve more than two successive terms.

Election results

Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1957)
Result		Votes	Prozentualer Anteil
a Yes		60,240	59.27%
No		41,392	40.73%

Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-

Text of measure

The language appeared on the ballot as:

"

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3 "Shall the Constitution which now provides for a two-year term for Governor, be amended as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature, to a four-year term with a further limitation that he shall not succeed himself after two such successive terms?"

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Similar measures

• Maine Governor Citizenship Qualifications, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1955) a
• Maine Determining Election of Governor, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 7 (1964) a
• Maine Gubernatorial Vacancy Filling, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 8 (1964) a
• Maine Gubernatorial Term Continuation, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1971) a

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1957 ballot measures
• 1957 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Lewiston Evening Journal, "Specimen Ballot," September 6, 1957
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database