File Code: Elections
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Colburn and Stoltzfus
- Entitled:
-
Eastern Shore - Secession From Maryland - Straw Ballot
Requiring that a question be placed on the ballot in Caroline County,
Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County,
Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, and Worcester County
at the November general election of 1998 to determine the sense of the
voters of those counties on the issue of whether the nine counties of
the Eastern Shore should secede from the State of Maryland; and
providing for the carrying out of the straw ballot.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 2/18
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/12
- Unfavorable Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- BALLOTS
- CAROLINE COUNTY
- CECIL COUNTY
- DORCHESTER COUNTY
- EASTERN SHORE
- ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMPAIGN FINANCING; VOTING
- KENT COUNTY
- QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY
- SOMERSET COUNTY
- TALBOT COUNTY
- WICOMICO COUNTY
- WORCESTER COUNTY
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
