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Maryland Adoption of Charter Government, Question 8 (1970)

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The Maryland Adoption of Charter Government Amendment, also known as Question 8, was on the November 3, 1970 ballot in Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure established an alternate procedure for any county to submit to voters the question of adopting a charter form of government.[1]

Election results

Maryland Question 8 (1970)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 341,091 67.41%
No164,93632.59%

Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

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The text of the measure can be found here.

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  1. ↑ Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "Referenda Elections for Maryland 1968-1990," accessed June 3, 2014
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