Results of That Other Stuff on the Ballot

In addition to deciding the fate of the county, state and nation, voters in Silver Spring put their two cents in on a handful of ballot initiatives. The Washington Post score card says voters gave a thumbs up to the following:

• An amendment to the county charter that specifies council membership as a full-time gig with full-time salaries.
• Another charter amendment that clarifies when the council must pass along legislation to the executive, and when the boss must act on it.
• An amendment to the state constitution that prohibits the transfer of state-owned parkland without approval from the general assembly.
• A state constitutional amendment allowing decisions from an in banc circuit court to go to the court of special appeals. Whatever.
• Another amendment that limits juried civil trials to cases involving at least $10,000.
• A statewide referendum requiring election boards to get their shit together.

These were landslide decisions, so don't expect any recounts.

Photo courtesy of the Baltimore Sun.

"Local Elections 2006" (Washington Post)
"Statewide Ballot Questions" (Maryland State Board of Elections)