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PublishedJune 21, 2023
Equal Rights Amendment champion comes up short in final effort as Maine lawmaker
Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt has advocated for the Equal Rights Amendment for five decades, first at the national level and later in Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2022
Senate vote falls 1 short of threshold to send equal rights amendment to voters
Senators voted 22-12 in support Wednesday, just shy of the two-thirds majority that would be needed in upcoming votes to put the question on a statewide ballot.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2022
Equal rights amendment to Maine Constitution hits Republican opposition in House
The 80-57 vote in favor of the proposal falls short of the two-thirds majority required to put the issue to voters, with another vote coming later in this session.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2022
Our View: Send equal rights amendment to Mainers to decide
A young woman in Farmington noted that “it is imperative that we not only make women’s legal equality a constitutionally protected right, but we need to empower oversight that this law is upheld.”
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2022
Lawmakers hear waves of support for equal rights amendment to Maine Constitution
The amendment would expressly prohibit discrimination based on sex – something that came 2 votes shy of passing in 2019, the sponsor says.
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