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Maryland Changes to Lieutenant Governor Elections Amendment (2022)

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Maryland Changes to Lieutenant Governor Elections Amendment
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
State executive official measures
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Maryland Changes to Lieutenant Governor Elections Amendment was not on the ballot in Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.[1]

The measure would have amended the Maryland Constitution to require candidates for governor to designate a lieutenant governor within 21 days after the primary election. Candidates seeking a nomination for governor outside of a primary election would have been required to designate a lieutenant governor at the time of filing. For the primary election, a candidate for governor would have been listed without a candidate for lieutenant governor on the ballot.[2]

Text of measure

Full text

The full text of the amendment can be found here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Maryland Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a 60% supermajority vote is required in both the Maryland State Senate and the Maryland House of Representatives.

The amendment was introduced as House Bill 707 on January 31, 2022. The state House passed HB 707 by a vote of 93-36 on March 18, 2022. The Senate did not vote on the bill before the session adjourned.[1]

Vote in the Maryland House of Representatives
March 18, 2022
Requirement: Three-fifths (60 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 85  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total933612
Total percent65.96%25.53%8.51%
Democrat9306
Republican0366

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