LD1685

This resolution proposes an amendment to the Maine Constitution to change the direct initiative process.

This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine by modifying the direct initiative process. It removes the requirement that a measure proposed by the people must go to a referendum vote before becoming law when the Legislature has enacted an amended form of the measure proposed by the people. The resolution clarifies that if the Legislature enacts the measure without change or enacts an amended form of the measure by an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members of each House present and voting, the measure may not go to a referendum vote unless the Governor vetoes the measure and the.