Maryland Executive Department Appointments, Question 2 (1996)

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The Maryland Executive Department Appointments Amendment, also known as Question 2, was on the November 5, 1996 ballot in Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure prohibited executive branch appointments by lame-duck governors.^[1]

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The text of the measure can be read here.

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