Maryland School Board Term Limits, Question 7 (1972)

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The Maryland School Board Term Limits Amendment, also known as Question 7, was on the November 7, 1972 ballot in Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure exempted members of any local board of education subject to popular vote from election requirements in Article 17, Section 1, 2, 3, 4, and 11. These requirements included:[1]

  • holding elections every four years,
  • having four-year terms, and
  • holding elections on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

Election results

Maryland Question 7 (1972)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 538,700 70.41%
No226,36529.59%

Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Text of measure

The text of the measure can be found here.

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