Two of the measures successfully petitioned to last year’s ballot - laws to grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants under certain circumstances and to redraw the state’s congressional map - generated little campaign activity by opponents prior to November. He said the group would also consider whether there is the potential for a sustained campaign on each issue heading into the fall. Neil Parrott (R-Washington), chairman of, said the organization plans to use the poll results to decide which measures to pursue. The latter bill appears not to have passed. The other potential targets are bills that would allow illegal immigrants to get limited driver’s licenses give teacher unions more power to collect fees and make changes to the referendum process. Martin O’Malley (D) are among them, including measures to step up restrictions on guns, repeal the death penalty and provide a system of subsidies for an offshore windfarm.Īlso included: legislation to implement the federal health care law in Maryland and a measure to expand early voting and allow same-day voter registration, which argues would expand voter fraud. In its online poll, the group lists eight bills from the the 90-day session that wrapped up Monday.įive bills sponsored by Gov. , a group that played a leading role in putting three Maryland laws on the ballot last year, has started polling people about which measures passed in the just-concluded legislative session should be subject to petition drives in coming weeks.
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