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Question 6: Constitutional Provision Printing #325

Closed shannonmcharg closed 1 year ago

shannonmcharg commented 1 year ago

Question title

Constitutional Provision Printing

Description

This measure would add sections of the constitution related to Indian treaty obligation back into printed copies of the constitution.

The gist

This constitutional amendment would amend the Constitution of Maine to require that official printed copies include the whole document, including section related to Indian treaty obligations that were removed in 1876.

Ballot question (exact text of the question)

Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require that all of the provisions of the Constitution be included in the official printed copies of the Constitution prepared by the Secretary of State?

Yes means

I am in favor of amending the printed Maine Constitution to include the removed sections.

No means

I want to keep the constitution as is.

Tell me more

In 1876 after a statewide vote, Article X of Maine’s constitution was amended with Section 7, which prohibited Section 1, Section 2, and Section 5 of Article X from appearing in printed versions of the Constitution but kept the text of those sections as valid law. The sections removed from printed copies of the Constitution by Section 7 included language pertaining to the Indian Treaty Obligations of Maine.[2]

The proposed resolution would revert the change made in Article X, Section 7 and again include sections 1, 2, and 5 of Article X in official printed copies of the Maine Constitution.

This question is a constitutional amendment, which, if passed, would make a change to the state constitution.

Follow the money

There's no money directly involved with this referendum.

Pros

The primary arguments for this referendum are:

Cons

The primary arguments against this referendum are:

Who cares [2]

Support

Opposition

Further reading

Full text Ballotpedia article

References

  1. Maine State Legislature. RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution of Maine Regarding the Publication of Maine Indian Treaty Obligations. Accessed October 1, 2023.
  2. Ballotpedia State Desk. Maine Question 6, Require Indian Treaty Obligations and Other Constitutional Provisions Included in Official Printing Amendment (2023). Ballotpedia. Accessed October 1, 2023.
  3. Bellows, Shenna. Maine Citizen's Guide to the Referendum Election Accessed October 1, 2023.
  4. Ohm, Rachel. Questions 5 through 8: What you need to know about the proposed constitutional amendments. Portland Press Herald. Accessed October 6, 2023.

Image

Constitution

Tags

Constitutional Amendment, Native American

Election date

November 7, 2023

shannonmcharg commented 1 year ago

Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Maine_Question_6,_Require_Indian_Treaty_Obligations_and_Other_Constitutional_Provisions_Included_in_Official_Printing_Amendment_(2023)

relspeedwagon commented 1 year ago

Added the body of this one, open for adding further detail

shannonmcharg commented 1 year ago

@relspeedwagon I think this one is good to go.

shannonmcharg commented 1 year ago

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/06/questions-5-through-8-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-proposed-constitutional-amendments/

shannonmcharg commented 1 year ago

@relspeedwagon This one's ready to review in the build. https://deploy-preview-328--awesome-lamarr-6d076d.netlify.app/november%202023%20election/q6_printingconstitution/