I do not agree with you, but I very much appreciate your thoughtful, informed, and non-confrontational post, especially in a sub that almost 100% also disagrees. Thank you. We all need more of this.

What point are you trying to make here?

Risk a decade of life? That's some Trump level bombast right there friend.

This is term limits we're talking about, a concept integrated into our political system from local to national levels and used by democracies all over the world.

I'm not suggesting we abolish fiat currency or privatizing roads. Let's just do away with local fiefdoms in a single party power city and see if that produces better results.

At a local level, incumbents enjoy a 90%+ reelection rate. Even standardizing for name recognition bias doesn't come close to explaining this.

I went to ampersea and sat outside and it checked these boxes. May be a bit bright indoors from what I remember but would recommend overall

> If I’m missing anything

Odette Ramos made the point that it would essentially force there to be an all new city council, new council president and new mayor at the same time which would be terrible for institutional memory and would give an enormous amount of power to lobbyists and unelected consultants.

Alaska too

That’s what I said.

ELI5, you get elected mayor, you two term = that's it, you're done, ball game over, you're termed out of MD politics and can't run for governor?

Cause shit, if that's the case, my bad guys, I early voted.

You verify with your address and dob

Not so much attacking because prob rabies and just, no, thanks, we're good...but knowing I wasnt seeing things on 295 the other night wouldve been nice.

Not too concerned about people voting twice, that should be easy as shit to prevent. I'm a little more concerned about people impersonating their elderly neighbor, for example.

Mainly I just see zero reason to not require an ID... you need one for pretty much everything else already.

100% one eyed mikes. Quiet, low lights, with an intimate atmosphere, especially in the dining room (they have a bar and patio.) I would check out their menu before, as it is on the smaller side.

Edit: not sure about GF. I recall there being a few seafood options.

We don’t care about your cards at all, just bring a smile and knowledge of your name, month and day of birth, and address.

Yes, after initial voting. It’s impossible to vote twice with our electronic voter rolls, so we aren’t stressed about micromanaging where your down ballot votes are going.

This is the answer! We don’t ask for full DOB just M/DD

No ID needed we take your word for it if you’ve registered in Maryland!

Question K is the only proposed charter amendment not sponsored by anyone on city council. Sinclair spent ~ $400k promoting this. That knowledge was all I need to arrive at a NO vote even if councilpersons and mayors are only interested in preserving their positions.

While I agree that Sinclair provides slanted news and Atlas is lame, I don't think the idea of term limits for our city is bad. Just because the question is supported by Sinclair / Smith does not mean it is a bad idea. Somtimes good ideas are supported by those you don't like or respect. #principleoverparty

I've been seeing more foxes out and about than usual lately so I thought this post was about foxes ):

I’ve never seen such opposition to term limits as I have in this Baltimore sub.

If you ask people about term limiting out the dinosaurs in Congress like Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley, 85% of the country agrees! Term Limit Survey. Term limits are overwhelmingly popular, and are nothing new at the local level. Quick google search shows that 8 of 10 of the largest cities in the US have term limits on their city council.

I’m honestly failing to see why this wouldn’t be a good idea. The arguments against it that I seem to be hearing are “Sinclair supports it therefore it must be bad!”. As cliche as it sounds, even a broken clock is right twice a day. I hear the arguments about fearing increased lobbying money, but it’s not as if Baltimore city’s government has been well run and free of corruption without term limits. Corruption and dark money seep their way into politics, term limits or not. If anything, this will force change from our career politicians and will hopefully create a sense of urgency for those in office to get things done before their terms are up.

If I’m missing anything I’d love to hear more arguments against this, but from the arguments I’ve read, it genuinely seems like the only opposition over this stems from the fact that Sinclair supports it. Our city government has been laughably corrupt and incompetent, why do we want to stick with the status quo and not try something new? I may disagree with Sinclair 99% of the time, but I feel like some pragmatism is needed here when looking at this issue.

I am also sensitive to light and sound. I have recently discovered that wearing earplugs most places outside my home has greatly improved my quality of life. It’s also significantly decreased the frequency of headaches I get.

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I think you can also get them from Amazon

Yep. You need to go to your new polling place. Use the 'where do I vote' link on the State Board of Elections website.

You'll need some proof of residence, and you'll be voting a provisional ballot.

This video shows how Sinclair operates in under 2 minutes. Dozens of stations across the country, spewing out the exact same script just to further Sinclair’s agenda.

I generally support them, but this particular amendment has coterminous terms for the three top offices, which would have the three highest officials simultaneously running for re-election.

If they created an amendment that staggered them or had different lengths of terms, sure, but this one just seems primed for officials checking out to campaign every other term while still on the job. There is an amendment out there I'd support, but it's not this one.