The Maryland State Board of Elections is scheduled to begin verifying the signatures turned in on June 30th for the petition to force the MD DREAM Act onto the 2012 ballot. The results will be posted on their website at the end of each day.
According to Annie Linskey of the Baltimore Sun, less than 8,500 signatures from the June 30th batch are needed to place the petition on the 2012 (a total of 55,736 valid signatures are needed). Some sources are reporting that the battle is already one. After submitting almost 75,000 signatures on June 30, it is unlikely that enough signatures will not be verified. However, several groups have vowed to mount a court challenge to keep the MD DREAM Act off of the ballot. The legislation has proven to be very unpopular and advocates of the bill are fearful it would lose if brought to the ballot.
The State Board of Elections has until July 20, 2011 to verify the signatures. These results must be certified by July 22nd.
"advocates of the bill are fearful it would lose if brought to the ballot."
ReplyDeleteWell, then it SHOULD lose. We, the people are tired of having rogue legislation shoved up out collective a$$e$.