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fectly brilliant suggestion which shows the
way out of this impasse. Since he has re-
fused to rise and present it, I will present
it for him.
Delegate Weidemeyer says that we do
not have to worry about the revenue from
the lottery. We are in good shape, with a
raised income tax, and have all the money
we need. Why not junk both majority and
minority recommendations and hold an
election every other Thursday?
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
The Chair recognizes Delegate Clarke.
DELEGATE E. CLARKE: Mr. Chair-
man, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Con-
vention. During this lull I would like to
report that I just received a phone call
from my daughter, and my grandson will
be named Edward. (Applause.)
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Happy to hear that!
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegates will please take their seats
so that the Committee can get back to
work. The Baltimore City delegation has
completed their caucus. The delegates will
please take their seats.
We now have twenty minutes of uncon-
trolled time to speak on this amendment.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Chabot.
DELEGATE CHABOT: I rise in opposi-
tion to the amendment. I agree with Dele-
gates Byrnes and Hanson that it is im-
portant for us to consider whether or not
there are some sorts of people who in gen-
eral do not come out to vote when there is
visibility in the election. It was for this
reason that I engaged in the questioning
with Delegate Byrnes last evening to find
out just what the situation is when we have
combined elections, as in the counties, or
separated elections, as in Baltimore City.
It was for this reason that I established
that the head of the Baltimore City gov-
ernment, the mayor, has on the average
gotten a total of 97 1/2 percent as many
votes as were cast in the election for the
head of the state government. There has
been a drop-off of only two and a half
percent when you separate the election. All
the people or almost all the people, in fact,
do come out for a local election when the
local election is at the top of the ticket
and the most important thing in the news-
papers.
What is the situation in the counties
when the local officials are running on the
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same ticket, when they are not at the top
of the ticket, and when the local govern-
ment is to be found somewhere lower down
on the voting machine? How many people
then, of those that come out to vote for
governor, finally end up casting ballots for
the head of the local government?
These counties, and these are only sam-
ples, were not selected by me or by any
member of the majority in order to prove
our point. These were the counties that
were selected as samples by those who
offered the minority amendment, and it
shows that in contrast to Baltimore's drop-
off of only two and half percent, Anne
Arundel in the last three statewide elec-
tions has had a drop-off of 17 percent.
Seventeen percent of the voters who came
to the polls did not bother voting for the
head of the county government.
In Prince George's County, 10 percent
of the voters who came to the polls did not
bother voting for the head of the county
government.
In Montgomery County, 7 percent of the
voters who came to the polls did not bother
to vote for the head of the government.
In Baltimore County, 5 percent of the
voters who came to the polls did not bother
voting for the head of the government.
Garrett County showed up best with 4
percent not voting for the head of the gov-
ernment. But every single one of these
counties did worse than Baltimore City.
When you separate out the elections, the
people do come and do vote.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Does anyone desire to speak in favor of the
amendment?
The Chair recognizes Delegate Winslow.
DELEGATE WINSLOW: Mr. Chair-
man, I hesitate to rise again, but I must
keep history straight if I can.
It was announced on the floor that Pro-
fessor Loevy was supporting the minority
position. This surprised me a little, and
therefore I have conferred with him. His
answer is that he has been thoroughly mis-
understood, and that he is on the contrary
100 percent for the Majority Report.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Does anyone wish to speak against the
amendment?
The Chair recognizes Delegate Hopkins.
DELEGATE HOPKINS: I rise to oppose
the amendment and speak in favor of
separation of elections.
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