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[quote=Anonymous]FWIW, this is how I voted (early):

[quote]Q1 looks to be related to school funding attached to gambling.  Normally I would say yes to more school funding but mandating money from one source going to schools just means that they would reduce other sources right?  It's not like this is going to increase school funding is it?  It seems like it would just constrain the state government in a way that doesn't make sense and during down times when gambling revenue is down I could imagine school funding crashing.
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Voted Yes -- I'm ok if they reduce funding for other things. Leave school funding alone. I am originally from CA, and they play fast and furious with school funding there, so much so that for years, they raided the school funding to cover other shortfalls.  I moved here primarily for the schools, and left CA in part because of the lack of school funding.

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Q2 is to allow people to register and vote on election day.  I don't know how I feel about that one.  On the one hand, it would marginally increase voter turnout but on the other hand, they can already register up to the day right before the election.  
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Voted No -- I would think this might leave room for voter fraud. Maybe I'm wrong.  But I agree people have plenty of time to register, and it's not hard to do it.

[quote]QA is written in an absurdly complex manner.  A normal human can't understand it after the first reading.  I can't tell if they're trying to do something or undo something.
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Vote Yes
The way I read it, the committee that decides boundaries should be made up of the "majority" in the area - " four members of political parties that received 15 percent of total votes in the closest preceding election".  So, that means that in heavily liberal MoCo, most of these folks will be Dem. Though that may seem more partisan, it would reflect the area.

[quote]QB this seems to be a change that would require a unanimous vote for property tax hikes.  I'm against this because we would never have another tax hike.  While that sounds great for now, it will be very bad down the road.
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Voted No  -- the way I read it, they want to be able to hike the taxes without all 9 members. So, if there was a vacancy, or the person was not available, they wouldn't be able to vote for the tax hike.

[quote]QC looks like opening the door for a spoils system so I'm voting no on that.[/quote]
Voted No --  Council members don't need more than 1 aide. They are not *that* busy.  Those aides may not be "merit-based" but they would still potentially use up county, ie, taxpayer, resources.

More info here:
https://wamu.org/story/18/10/18/ballot-questions-101-guide-maryland-voters-will-decide-november/[/quote]

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