You Tell Us: What’s the Most Important Ballot Question?
Patch gives readers a chance to share their feelings on controversial topics in the news each week.
Ballot questions tend not to get the same attention as top of the ticket races for senate, president or governor.
But in this year’s presidential general election, the ballot questions could have a huge impact on Maryland and Baltimore.
On a state level, residents will be deciding whether the children of illegal immigrants can pay in-state tuition to attend state universities, whether residents want the most recent congressional redistricting map to stand and whether or not to allow same-sex marriage.
But Baltimore residents also have plenty of ballot questions to address impacting the city, including four charter amendments.
City residents will decide issues such as aligning the next city election with the 2016 presidential election, requiring certain city agencies to be audited every four years and allowing independent and third party members to sit on boards and commissions as minority representatives.
Tell us which ballot question you think is the most important and why in the comments.
Click here for the full list of questions.
Max Obuszewski
8:16 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012
I will be voting for the Dream Act, as it is so insulting to deney children their rights to education. However, Marriage Equality has been defeated in every state when placed on the ballot. There is a lot of hate in this country. So the most important ballot issue is Marriage Equality. We must vote in favor of love. Let Maryland be the first.
JAM
5:04 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2012
I am with you Max. I see 2 options for these children; 1. help them get an education to become contributing members of our country in the future, 2. make it harder for them to get an education so they can't find decent jobs and they will have to depend on social programs. What do people really prefer?