Talk:2012 Maryland Question 6

How does Maryland's veto referendum work?

It isn't clear how the "veto referendum" process works in Maryland. Does it require a majority of voters to uphold the legislature's same-sex marriage bill (which I believe is the case in Washington state), or does it require a majority of voters to rescind it? Big difference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 (talk) 13:57, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Answer

How the veto referendum works in Maryland is simple and straightforward. The question presented on your ballot will ask whether you approve of a law that has been passed in the legislature (Civil Marriage Protection Act), and it will have a simple description of what the law does (allow same-sex couples to obtain a state civil marriage license).

• FOR = you want to keep the law
• AGAINST = you want to repeal (veto) the law

The majority on either side will be the decider on the question, whether yes or no. – ツ Teammm ^{(talk · email)} 16:01, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

If what you're saying is accurate, then if 49% vote for the law and 45 percent vote against it (with 6% choosing not to vote at all on this issue), then the law is effectively vetoed. In other words, opponents of same-sex marriage don't need a majority to vote against it, they just need to keep a majority from voting FOR it (i.e., a non-vote is the same as a no-vote). Is this correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 (talk) 17:24, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

This is not correct. The law will pass if a majority of the people who vote on Question 6 vote in favor of it, and will fail if a majority of the people who vote on Question 6 vote against it. People who vote on other races but don't vote on Question do not have their votes counted. --Jfruh (talk) 03:40, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Renaming to Maryland Question 6 (2012)

Good! Hekerui (talk) 19:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Clarity / Flow

"Support and Opposition" seems a bit densely constructed, with many links competing for a small amount of real estate. Would it be better from a readability / flow standpoint to sectionalize these contributors into groups comprised of sequential lists of similar people / entities? Elcid89 (talk) 08:38, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

I agree that it looked cluttered. I fixed it. Hopefully, it's more readable. Teammm ^talk
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• That looks great. Well done and thanks! Elcid89 (talk) 03:45, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Great. Thank you! Teammm ^talk
_email 04:12, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Why are there so many invalid/blank votes?

It shows over 1 million blank and invalid votes that is a ton. They aren't from people voting from president because the number voting for president and the valid votes are very similar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.178.25 (talk) 18:04, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

You were right. I updated the chart with the correct total number of votes cast in the 2012 election. Thank you! Teammm ^talk
_email 04:10, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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This page is a redirect from Question 6.

I came to this page by accident, looking for additional information on the topic of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y30VF3cSIYQ

Maybe at the top of the page, there could be a "For the mathematical problem, see Vieta jumping." If not a full disambiguation page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.133.116 (talk) 18:40, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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