Maryland State Board of Elections

Official 2022 Gubernatorial General Election Question Text

: Denotes Winner of the Election

Question 5    
Constitutional Amendment
(Ch. 539 of the 2022 Legislative Session)
Circuit Court for Howard County- Judges Sitting as Orphans' Court

Repeals county elections of Howard County orphans' court judges and requires the Howard County Circuit Court judges to sit as the orphans' court for Howard County. The current law provides for the voters of Howard County to elect three orphans' court judges. Under the amended law, a party could no longer appeal a final judgment of the Howard County Orphans Court to the Howard County Circuit Court and would instead take an appeal directly to the Court of Special Appeals.

(Amending Article IV, Sections 20 and 40 to the Maryland Constitution)

For the Constitutional Amendment
Against the Constitutional Amendment