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You can only vote for the challenger based on his/her word!
Do not vote for a candidate based on the following:
- Party affiliation
- Familiar name
- Enacted or passed rules, regulations, and laws that cause harm to you and your peers
- Prohibit laws that do not improve your life or your peers
Sample of Official MD Ballot
President / Vice President Vote for 1
Donald Trump and JD Vance Republican
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Democratic
Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat Libertarian
Jill Ellen Stein and Rudolph Ware Green
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Nicole Shanahan Unaffiliated
or write-in:
Representative in Congress District 7 Vote for 1
Ronald M. Owens-Bey Libertarian
or write-in:
Mayor Vote for 1
or write-in:
President of City Council Vote for 1
or write-in:
US Senator
Comptroller Vote for 1
or write-in:
Member of the City Council District 8 Vote for 1
or write-in:
Judge of the 8 Circuit Court Vote Up To 7
or write-in (5x):
Judge, Court of Special Appeals
At-Large Shirley M. Watts Vote Yes or No For Continuance in Office
Yes
No
At-Large Anne K. Albright Vote Yes or No For Continuance in Office
Yes
No
At-Large Kevin F. Arthur Vote Yes or No For Continuance in Office
Yes
No
At-Large Michael W. Reed Vote Yes or No For Continuance in Office
Yes
No
At-Large Andrea M. Leahy Vote Yes or No For Continuance in Office
Yes
No
Ballot Initiatives
Question 1 Constitutional Amendment
(Ch. 245 of the 2023 Legislative Session)
Declaration of Rights – Right to
Reproductive Freedom
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.
(Adding Article 48 to the Maryland
Declaration of Rights)
For the Constitutional Amendment
Against the Constitutional Amendment
Question A Bond Issue
Affordable Housing Loan
Question A is for the purpose of authorizing
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
borrow up to $20,000,000 to be used for the
planning, developing, executing, and making
operative the Affordable Housing Program of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
including, but not limited to, the acquisition,
by purchase, lease, condemnation or any
other legal means, of land or property in the
City of Baltimore; the payment of any and all
costs and expenses incurred in connection
with or incidental to the acquisition and
management of the land or property; the
payment of any and all costs and expenses
incurred for or in connection with relocating
and removing persons or other legal entities
displaced by the acquisition of the land or
property, and the disposition of land and
property for such purposes, such costs to
include but not limited to rental payment and
home purchase assistance, housing
counseling and buyer education, assistance,
and activities to support the orderly and
sustainable planning, preservation,
rehabilitation, and development of
economically diverse housing in City
neighborhoods; support the Affordable
Housing Trust Fund; support the elimination
of unhealthful, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, lessening density, eliminating
obsolete or other uses detrimental to the
public welfare or otherwise removing or
preventing the spread of blight or
deterioration in the City of Baltimore; and for
doing all things necessary, proper or
expedient in connection therewith.
For
Against
Question B Bond Issue School Loan
Question B is for the purpose of authorizing
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
borrow up to $55,000,000 to be used for the
acquisition of land or property to construct
and erect new school buildings, athletic and
auxiliary facilities; and for additions and
improvements to or modernization, demolition
or reconstruction of existing school buildings
or facilities; and to equip all buildings to be
constructed, erected, improved, modernized,
or reconstructed; and for doing any and all
things necessary, proper or expedient in
connection therewith.
For
Against
Question C Bond Issue Community and Economic Development Loan
Question C is for the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to borrow
up to $50,000,000 to be used for, or in connection with, planning, developing, executing and
making operative the community, commercial, and industrial economic development programs of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; the development or redevelopment, including, but not
limited to, the comprehensive renovation or rehabilitation of any land or property, or any rights or
interests therein hereinbefore mentioned, in the City of Baltimore, and the disposition of land and
property for such purposes; the elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions,
lessening density, eliminating obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare or
otherwise removing or preventing the spread of blight or deterioration in the City of Baltimore;
the creation of healthy, sanitary, and safe, and green conditions in the City of Baltimore; and
authorizing loans and grants therefore; making loans and grants to various projects and
programs related to growing businesses in the City; attracting and retaining jobs; providing
homeownership incentives and home repair assistance; authorizing loans and grants to various
projects and programs related to improving cultural life and promotion of tourism in Baltimore City
and the lending or granting of funds to any person or other legal entity to be used for or in
connection with the rehabilitation, renovation, redevelopment, improvement or construction of
buildings and structures to be used or occupied for residential or commercial purposes; and for
doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in connection therewith.
For
Against
Question D Bond Issue Public Infrastructure
Question D is for the purpose of authorizing
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
borrow up to $125,000,000 to be used for the
development of public infrastructure owned or
controlled by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore and the Enoch Pratt Free Library
and for the construction and development of
streets, bridges, courthouses, City buildings
and facilities and related land, property,
buildings, structures or facilities, for
acquisition and development of property
buildings owned and controlled by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore and the Enoch
Pratt Library and public park or recreation
land, property, buildings, structures or
facilities including the acquisition of such by
purchase, lease, condemnation or other legal
means; for the construction, erection,
renovation, alteration, reconstruction,
installation, improvement and repair of
existing or new buildings, structures, or
facilities to be or now being used by or in
connection with the operations, function and
activities of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, the Enoch Pratt Free Library,
public parks and recreational programs; for
the construction and development of streets,
bridges, courthouses, city office buildings,
police stations, fire stations, solid waste
facilities, information technology, and public
park and recreational and related land
property and buildings; for the acquisition and
installation of trees, for tree planting programs
and for the equipping of any and all existing
and new buildings, structures, and facilities
authorized to be constructed, renovated,
altered or improved by this Ordinance; and for
doing any and all things necessary, proper or
expedient in connection therewith.
For
Against
Question E Charter Amendment
Baltimore City Police Department
Question E is for the purpose of establishing
the Baltimore City Police Department as an
agency of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore. The Police Commissioner is
established as the head of the Department
and is appointed by the Mayor subject to
confirmation under Art. IV, Sec. 6 (a) of the
Charter. The Commissioner’s powers are
enumerated and include determining and
establishing the form and organization of the
Department; assigning staff and resources,
instituting systems for evaluations of
members and setting policy with respect to
the general operations of the Department.
The purpose and powers of the Department
are also determined. The Department shall
have the duty to preserve the peace, detect
and prevent crime, enforce the laws of the
State and the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore as well as apprehend and arrest
individuals who violate or are lawfully accused
of violating the law. The Department will
preserve the order at public places but must
discharge its duties and responsibilities with
dignity and in a manner that will inspire public
confidence and respect.
The duties of police officers are also
established and the procedure for the
creation of police districts is established.
For the Charter Amendment
Against the Charter Amendment
Question F Charter Amendment
Inner Harbor Park
Question F is for the purpose of amending
the provision dedicating for public park uses
the portion of the city that lies along the
Northwest and South Shores of the Inner
Harbor, south of Pratt Street to the water’s
edge, east of Light Street to the water’s edge,
and north of the Key Highway to the water’s
edge, from the World Trade Center around
the shoreline of the Inner Harbor including
Rash Field with a maximum of 4.5 acres north
of an easterly extension of the south side of
Conway Street plus access thereto to be
used for eating places, commercial uses,
multifamily residential development and
off-street parking with the areas used for
multifamily dwellings and off-street parking as
excluded from the area dedicated as a public
park or for public benefit.
For the Charter Amendment
Against the Charter Amendment
Question G Charter Amendment
Community Reinvestment and Reparations
Fund
Question G is for the purpose establishing a
continuing, non-lapsing Community
Reinvestment and Reparations Fund, to be
used exclusively to support the work of the
Community Reinvestment and Reparations
Commission to the extent that the work of the
commission is within the scope of the use
limitations in § 1-322 {“Community
Reinvestment and Repair”} of the State
Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Article. The
Mayor and City Council are authorized, by
ordinance, to provide for the oversight,
governance, and administration of the Fund.
For the Charter Amendment
Against the Charter Amendment
Question H Charter Amendment via Local Petition
Reducing the Size of the City Council
Question H is for the purpose of amending
Art. III, Sections 2 and 7 of the Charter to
reduce the number of Baltimore City Council
districts from 14 to 8. If the number of City
Council districts is modified by an approved
Charter amendment, the Mayor shall prepare
a plan for Council redistricting based on the
most recent census. The Mayor shall present
the plan to the City Council not later than the
first day of February of the first municipal
election year following the approval of the
Charter amendment.
For the Charter Amendment
Against the Charter Amendment