Balt. City BOE v. Mayor & City Cncl. of Balt

Circuit Court for Baltimore City Case No. C-24-CV-24-001320 IN THE SUPREME COURT Argued: August 28, 2024 OF MARYLAND No. 34 September Term, 2023 ______________________________________ BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, ET AL. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, ET AL. ______________________________________ Fader, C.J., Watts, Booth, Biran, Gould, Eaves, Killough, JJ. ______________________________________ PER CURIAM ORDER ______________________________________ Pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. Filed: August 29, 2024 Digitally signed by Kisha Taylor-Wallace DN: cn=Kisha Taylor-Wallace c=US Kisha l=Annapolis o=Court of Appeals, Maryland State Taylor-Wallace [email protected] Reason: I am the author of this document Location: Date: 2024-08-29 13:15-04:00 Gregory Hilton, Clerk * IN THE BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF * ELECTIONS, ET AL. SUPREME COURT * v. OF MARYLAND * MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF No. 34 BALTIMORE, ET AL. * September Term, 2023 * PER CURIAM ORDER Upon consideration of the filings by the Baltimore City Board of Elections and Maryland Child Alliance, et al., the appellants, 1 and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al., the appellees, 2 and oral argument conducted on August 28, 2024, Whereas, Maryland Child Alliance is the organizational sponsor of a petition to amend the Charter of Baltimore City by establishing the Baby Bonus Fund (the “Baby Bonus Amendment”); and Whereas, the Election Director of the Baltimore City Board of Elections determined that the petition did not seek an enactment that was unconstitutional or a result otherwise prohibited by law pursuant to § 6-206(c)(5)(ii) of the Election Law Article and certified the question for the November 2024 general election ballot; and 1 The other named appellants are Armstead B.C. Jones, Sr., Director of the Baltimore City Board of Elections, and Scherod C. Barnes, President of the Baltimore City Board of Elections. 2 The other named appellees are Michael Mocksten, Director of the Baltimore City Department of Finance, and Robert Cenname, Deputy Director of the Baltimore City Department of Finance. The State Board of Elections and two of its officers are also appellees but have not taken a position on the merits of the dispute.

Whereas, on July 11, 2024, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, together with the Director and Deputy Director of the City’s Department of Finance, brought suit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City pursuant to § 6-209(a)(1)(ii) of the Election Law Article, seeking: (1) judicial review of the Baltimore City Board of Elections’s