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Maryland Consolidation of Courts in Baltimore, Question 2 (1980)

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The Maryland Maryland Consolidation of Courts in Baltimore Amendment, also known as Question 2, was on the November 4, 1980 ballot in Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure consolidated several courts of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore into a single Circuit Court for Baltimore. The measure also provided for the jurisdiction, organization, judges, officers and employees of the new Circuit Court as well as for a clerk of the court.[1]

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Maryland Question 2 (1980)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 606,767 77.61%
No175,04122.39%

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 9, 2014
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