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Maryland Constitution, Article C-XVI

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Article C-XVI, The Referendum

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Md. Const. art. XVI, § 1 Section 1
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(a) The people reserve to themselves power known as The Referendum, by petition to have submitted to the registered voters of the State, to approve or reject at the polls, any Act, or part of any Act of the General Assembly, if approved by the Governor, or, if passed by the Gener…
Md. Const. art. XVI, § 2 Section 2
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No law enacted by the General Assembly shall take effect until the first day of June next after the session at which it may be passed, unless it contains a Section declaring such law an emergency law and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety and …
Md. Const. art. XVI, § 3 Section 3
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(a) The referendum petition against an Act or part of an Act passed by the General Assembly, shall be sufficient if signed by three percent of the qualified voters of the State of Maryland, calculated upon the whole number of votes cast for Governor at the last preceding Gubernat…
Md. Const. art. XVI, § 4 Section 4
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A petition may consist of several papers, but each paper shall contain the full text, or an accurate summary approved by the Attorney General, of the Act or part of Act petitioned. There shall be attached to each paper of signatures filed with a petition an affidavit of the perso…

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Md. Const. art. XVI, § 5 (a) The General Assembly shall provide for furnishing the voters of the State the text of all measures to be voted upon by the people

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(a) The General Assembly shall provide for furnishing the voters of the State the text of all measures to be voted upon by the people; provided, that until otherwise provided by law the same shall be published in the manner prescribed by Article XIV of the Constitution for the pu…

Md. Const. art. XVI, § 6 Section 6

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No law, licensing, regulating, prohibiting, or submitting to local option, the manufacture or sale of malt or spirituous liquors, shall be referred or repealed under the provisions of this Article (amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978).