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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, town and | | plantation all ballots, returns and copies of this resolution | | necessary to carry out the purposes of this referendum. |
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| | | This constitutional resolution establishes a ceililng on the | | growth of General Fund expenditures to limit the growth in | | state spending to 75% of the growth in statewide personal | | income in the prior calendar year, requires a 2/3 vote of the | | Legislature to approve General Fund expenditures that exceed | | this ceiling and requires that surplus funds be distributed in | | equal parts to the unfunded liability of the Retirement | | System, to a budget stabilization fund and to the voters. |
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