Election 2008: New Laws in Your State

[LttleMsPrEp]

The state of Maryland has voted in favor of bringing slot machines (no more than 15,000) to the state as a way of funding public education. It'll be intereseting to see how much of that money actually goes toward public education.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Oh, and I also found out that this was Washington state's last election with polls - we're moving to mail-in voting exclusively.

[aephi alum]

There were two ballot measures in Connecticut.

The constitutional convention measure failed. Every 20 years, the electorate votes on whether a convention should be held. It was voted down in 1986 and again this year (the vote that should have been held in 2006 was pushed off to this year). There was a lot of concern that gay marriage would be constitutionally banned and that abortion rights would take a beating if the convention took place.

The other measure allows 17-year-olds to vote in primaries as long as they would be 18 by the date of the general election. That measure passed.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by LttleMsPrEp

The state of Maryland has voted in favor of bringing slot machines (no more than 15,000) to the state as a way of funding public education. It'll be intereseting to see how much of that money actually goes toward public education.

Don't forget, we also voted to allow early voting during elections. Both of these were amendments to the Maryland constitution.