STATE OF MAINE
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In Senate__________
WHEREAS, it appears to the 132nd Legislature that the following is an important question
of law and that this is a solemn occasion; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 3 provides for the Justices of
the Supreme Judicial Court to render their opinion on such a question; and
WHEREAS, separate provisions of the Constitution of Maine, adopted at different times,
provide that persons elected to the House of Representatives must be elected “by a plurality of
all votes returned,” Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part First, Section 5; those elected to the
Senate must be “by a plurality of the votes in each senatorial district” and the Senate determines