Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Polling Place [HB-345]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the General Assembly to provide by suitable enactment a process to allow a qualified individual to register and vote at a polling place on election day or on a day designated for voting before election day; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.
HB-345: Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Polling Place
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2017
Montgomery County - Staggered Election Terms for Members of the County Council MC 4-17 [HB-348]
[Elections ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution authorizing the County Council of Montgomery County to enact legislation to stagger the terms of office for the members of the county council; providing that some members of the county council may be elected at the presidential general election and some members may be elected at the gubernatorial general election; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.
HB-348: Montgomery County - Staggered Election Terms for Members of the County Council MC 4-17
Sponsored by: Rep. Montgomery County Delegation
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2017
Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission - Mid-Atlantic States Regional Districting Process [HB-367]
[Elections ]
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services, in the year immediately after the decennial United States Census, to obtain adjusted State census data and provide it, within 30 days of receipt, to the temporary redistricting commission established under the Act; requiring the commission to hold hearings at times likely to maximize public participation and in locations that represent the State's specified diversity; requiring the commission to adopt a congressional districting plan; providing a specified contingency; etc.
HB-367: Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission - Mid-Atlantic States Regional Districting Process
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/10/2017
General Assembly - Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office [HB-361]
[Elections ]
Requiring an individual appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly to serve for the remainder of the term if the vacancy occurs after a specified date; requiring that a special election be held at the same time as a specified regular statewide election to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly if the vacancy occurs on or before a specified date; etc.
HB-361: General Assembly - Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2017
Constitutional Convention - Approval by Majority of Voters Voting on the Question - Requirement [HB-84]
[Elections ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution requiring the General Assembly to provide by law for the assembly of a constitutional convention if a majority of voters voting on the question of whether to call a convention, rather than a majority of voters at the election or elections, vote for a convention.
HB-84: Constitutional Convention - Approval by Majority of Voters Voting on the Question - Requirement
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017