2024 Ballot Questions
2024 Ballot Questions — MCDP Position Process
The Montgomery County Democratic Party will take positions on questions that will be presented to voters on the 2024 General Election Ballot. This page describes the 2024 ballot questions and the process for determining the Party’s position.
2024 Maryland Ballot Question
A Maryland voter referendum question will appear on the 2024 General Election ballot in Montgomery County. If passed, it would establish in the Constitution of Maryland a right to reproductive care. The ballot measure reads as follows:
Question 1 – Constitutional Amendment
Declaration of Rights – Right to Reproductive FreedomThe proposed amendment confirms an individual’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including but not limited to the ability to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end the individual’s pregnancy, and provides the State may not, directly or indirectly, deny, burden, or abridge the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.
The choices are:
- For the Constitutional Amendment
- Against the Constitutional Amendment
2024 Montgomery County Ballot Question
A Montgomery County question will appear on the 2024 General Election ballot in Montgomery County. The ballot measure reads as follows:
Question A
Charter amendment by petition
County Executive – Term Limit – Reduction from Three to Two Consecutive TermsAmend Section 202 of the County Charter to decrease the term limit that applies to the County Executive from the current three terms to two consecutive terms. The decreased limit would apply to anyone who already has served two consecutive terms as of December 2026.
FOR AGAINST
MCDP Position Process
The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) is the Montgomery County Democratic Party’s governing body. In accordance with the MCDCC’s policies and procedures for taking positions on ballot questions: