CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
	her of votes shall be elected to the offices for	more candidates shall have the highest and
	which they were candidates.	an equal number of votes, a new election
		shall be ordered by the Governor, except
		in cases specially provided for by this
		Constitution.
	Referendum	ARTICLE XVI. THE REFERENDUM.
	Section 2.10. Referendum.	Section 1. (a) The people reserve to
	The people reserve to themselves the	themselves power known as The Referendum,
	power of referendum. Any law enacted by	by petition to have submitted to the
	the General Assembly may be petitioned to	registered voters of the State, to approve
	referendum except laws for legislative appor-	or reject at the polls, any Act, or part
	tionment and districting, or congressional	of any Act of the General Assembly, if
	districting, or imposing a tax, or making an	approved by the Governor, or, if passed
	appropriation for the state government or	by the General Assembly over the veto of
	any public institution .	the Governor;
		Sec. 2... . .No law making any appro-
		priation for maintaining the State Govern-
		ment, or for maintaining or aiding any
		public institution, not exceeding the next
		previous appropriation for the same pur-
		pose, shall be subject to rejection or repeal
		under this Section. The increase in any
		such appropriation for maintaining or aid-
		ing any public institution shall only take
		effect as in the case of other laws, and
		such increase or any part thereof specified
		in the petition, may be referred to a vote
		of the people upon petition.
		Sec. 6. No law or Constitutional Amend-
		ment, licensing, regulating, prohibiting, or
		submitting to local option, the manufacture
		or sale of malt or spirituous liquors, shall
		be referred or repealed under any Act of
		the provisions of this Article.
	Section 2.11. Manner of Referral.	Art. XVI, sec. 3. (a) The referendum
	A law, other than a law applicable in only	petition against an Act or part of an Act
	one county, shall be referred to a vote of the	passed by the General Assembly, shall be
	people after a petition has been signed by a	sufficient if signed by three per centum of
	number of qualified voters equal to at least	the qualified voters of the State of Mary-
	five per cent of the total votes cast for gover-	land, calculated upon the whole number
	nor in the most recent gubernatorial elec-	of votes cast therein for Governor at the
	tion. Not more than one-half of the required	last preceding Gubernatorial election, of
	number of signatures shall be those of quali-	whom not more than half shall be residents
	fied voters residing in any one county. If the	of Baltimore City, or of any one
	total number of required signatures is filed	County; ....
	with the governor within sixty days after the	(b) If more than one-half, but less than
	bill becomes law, it shall be submitted to a	the full number of signatures required to
	vote of the people at the next general elec- tion held not less than four months after the	complete any referendum petition against any law passed by the General Assembly, be
	bill becomes law.	filed with Secretary of State before the first
		day of June, the time for the law to take
		effect, and for filing the remainder of
		signatures to complete the petition shall
		be extended to the thirtieth day of the
		same month, with like effect.

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