Maryland Table Games Referendum (2012)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

The Maryland Table Games question did not make the November 2012 ballot in the state of Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have legalized full table games at Maryland slot machine parlors.^[1]

The proposal will be brought up during the next legislative session in Maryland. State Senator Katherine Klausmeier and Delegates John Olszewski, Jr. and Frank Turner are planning to consider such a proposal that would send the issue to the ballot in 2012 if approved by the legislature.^[2]

Background[edit]

See also: Maryland Casino Measure, Question 2 (2008)

In 2008, Maryland voters approved a casino measure that allowed for the placement of 15,000 slot machines at five locations throughout the state. Maryland became the 38th state that allows slots or casino-style gambling.^[3]

Sen. E. J. Pipkin announced in late January 2011 that he plans to introduce legislation for the 2012 ballot to remove the state's gaming program from Maryland's constitution.^[4]

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Amending the Maryland Constitution

Placing a proposed amendment on the ballot requires a 60% vote of each chamber of the Maryland State Legislature. Maryland is one of nine states that allow a referred amendment to go on the ballot following the 60% supermajority vote.

See also[edit]

• 2012 ballot measures
• Maryland 2012 ballot measures

Similar measures[edit]

a Maryland Casino Measure, Question 2 (2008)
a Anne Arundel Mills Mall Casino Referendum (November 2010)

• Maryland Gaming Program Amendment (2012)

Articles[edit]

• Gaming proposals resurface for Maryland's 2012 ballot

Additional reading[edit]

• The Daily Times, "Table games introduced in Md. Legislature," February 5, 2011
• The Capital, "Table games, changes to gaming on horizon," January 26, 2011 (dead link)
• Baltimore Business Journal, "Busch: Marylanders could vote on table games in 2012," January 24, 2011

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