Maryland Prince George's Local Slots Measure (2012)
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A Maryland Prince George's Local Slots Measure did not make the 2012 ballot in the state of Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
The measure would have asked voters if they approve of local slots in Prince George's County. The proposed amendment to the Maryland Constitution would have required a full state vote. Going into 2012, the constitution only allowed slot parlors in five Maryland locations. It did not include Prince George's County.[1]
The measure would have appeared on the ballot if approved and referred by the Maryland State Legislature. Prince George's County Council voted in mid-November 2011 to seek a vote on the slots issue, thus moving the issue to the state legislature for referral to the statewide ballot.[1]
According to state law, the measure would have required a majority of statewide votes and not just a majority in Prince George's County.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Maryland Constitution
As of 2012, placing a proposed amendment on the ballot required a 60-percent approval in each chamber of the Maryland State Legislature. As of 2012, Maryland was one of nine states that allowed a referred amendment to go on the ballot following a 60-percent supermajority vote.
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