Maine Line-Item Veto Amendment (1995)

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The Maine Line-Item Veto Amendment was on the November 7, 1995 ballot in Maine, as Question 7. It was approved.

It was proposed as a constitutional amendment to the Maine Constitution by the Maine legislature. The amendment gives the Governor of Maine a line-item veto over any expenditures of state funds.

• Yes: 286,929 (71.3%)
• No: 115,216 (28.7%)

The ballot language said:

"Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to give the Governor a line-item veto over expenditures of state funds, providing that vetoed items may be passed over the Governor's veto by a majority of all of the elected members of the Senate and the House of Representatives?"

External links

• Election results for the Maine 1995 ballot measures
• Votes on Constitutional Amendments in Maine

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