ELECTIONS

Question 1:
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS - RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
(Chapter 245, Acts of 2023)

The proposed amendment confirms an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including but not limited to the ability to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end the individual's pregnancy, and provides the State may not, directly or indirectly, deny, burden, or abridge, the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.

	For*	Against
Allegany Co.	15,720	13,260
Anne Arundel Co.	206,318	77,985
Baltimore City	162,600	25,641
Baltimore Co.	277,241	87,645
Calvert Co.	32,111	17,133
Caroline Co.	9,004	6,164
Carroll Co.	57,679	37,990
Cecil Co.	27,677	16,340
Charles Co.	60,358	17,948
Dorchester Co.	9,914	4,937
Frederick Co.	98,951	45,756
Garrett Co.	6,515	8,191
Harford Co.	91,028	46,929
Howard Co.	130,963	34,771
Kent Co.	7,274	2,845
Montgomery Co.	345,732	77,920
Prince George's Co.	291,128	41,055
Queen Anne's Co.	18,974	11,075
St. Mary's Co.	34,638	19,957
Somerset Co.	4,701	3,799
Talbot Co.	14,048	6,975
Washington Co.	41,090	24,603
Wicomico Co.	27,606	15,441
Worcester Co.	19,154	10,883
TOTAL	1,990,424	655,243
% of Total	75.23%	24.77%