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THE BIG BALLOT QUESTIONS

Here’s a quick rundown of the FOUR questions you will see on your election ballot if you vote in Bethesda.  Question A is specific to Montgomery County Ballots. Questions 1-3 are statewide.  We’ve included a copy of the initiative as you will see it on the ballot along with a brief summary of the arguments “for” and “against”— as best we can decipher them and, we’ve included a few extra facts that might be handy.  Feel free to add your own comments.

The Four Questions Are:

• Question A: Should there be an ambulance fee in Montgomery County?
• Question 1: Should Maryland have a convention to change its constitution?  
• Question 2: Should jury trials be allowed only in civil cases when the amount in question is more than $15,000, instead of more than $10,000, the current minimum?
• Question 3: Should Baltimore City’s orphans’ court judges be required to be lawyers?