Maryland Table Games Referendum (2012)
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The Maryland Table Games question did not make the November 2012 ballot in the state of Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have legalized full table games at Maryland slot machine parlors.[1]
The proposal will be brought up during the next legislative session in Maryland. State Senator Katherine Klausmeier and Delegates John Olszewski, Jr. and Frank Turner are planning to consider such a proposal that would send the issue to the ballot in 2012 if approved by the legislature.[2]
Background
In 2008, Maryland voters approved a casino measure that allowed for the placement of 15,000 slot machines at five locations throughout the state. Maryland became the 38th state that allows slots or casino-style gambling.[3]
Sen. E. J. Pipkin announced in late January 2011 that he plans to introduce legislation for the 2012 ballot to remove the state's gaming program from Maryland's constitution.[4]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Maryland Constitution
Placing a proposed amendment on the ballot requires a 60% vote of each chamber of the Maryland State Legislature. Maryland is one of nine states that allow a referred amendment to go on the ballot following the 60% supermajority vote.
See also
Similar measures
Maryland Casino Measure, Question 2 (2008)
Anne Arundel Mills Mall Casino Referendum (November 2010)
Articles
Additional reading
- The Daily Times, "Table games introduced in Md. Legislature," February 5, 2011
- The Capital, "Table games, changes to gaming on horizon," January 26, 2011 (dead link)
- Baltimore Business Journal, "Busch: Marylanders could vote on table games in 2012," January 24, 2011
Footnotes
- ↑ The Daily Record, "Bill would allow table games at Maryland slots parlors," January 14, 2011
- ↑ Bizjournals.com, "Md. legislators to push for table games," December 10, 2010
- ↑ Washington Post, "Md. bill will seek voters' approval of casino table games," January 26, 2011
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Pipkin wants slots out of the MD Constitution," January 31, 2011
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