Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures
What this bill does
Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and a certain statement about a question on the ballot be written in plain language; requiring certain boards of elections to post the text of ballot measures for at least 90 days before the general election; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (20)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Civic Design, Center for | Center for Civic Design | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Drayton, Morganlobbyist | Common Cause MD | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stinar, Braden | Disability Rights Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Shewbridge, Rylielobbyist | Fello | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fears, Valerie | IndivisibleHoCoMD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tyree, Nikki | LWVMD | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | London, Rachel | Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Othman, Ronza | National Federation of the Blind of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Carter, Alita-Geri | Qualequity Access | Position only |
| FAV | Wieland, Tom | Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md. | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | CARRICK, SHARON | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Feldmark, Delegate Feldmarklegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Nelson, Mary | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Rice, Mat | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | York, Katie | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Butkiewicz, Michael | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Jackson, Josh | Individual | Written (PDF) |