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The Maryland Increase Governor Salary Amendment, also known as Question 8, was on the November 5, 1974 ballot in Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have increased the governor annual salary to $45,000.^[1]

Election results

Maryland Question 8 (1974)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		362,730	54.23%
Yes		306,104	45.77%

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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↑ Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "Referenda Elections for Maryland 1968-1990," accessed June 4, 2014

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