Legal Opinion
Getty v. Carroll County Board of Elections
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 21, 2007No. 139, Sept. Term, 2005PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Chief Judge.
The instant case concerns the election of local public officials in the State of Maryland. Specifically, at the core of this action is the issue of the authority of the Circuit Court for Carroll County, by its approval of an agreement (“Consent Order”) between a private party and an executive agency, to modify the method of election of Carroll County commissioners. 1 Article VII of the Maryland Constitution, captioned “Sundry Officers,” governs the method of election of commissioners in a county commissioner form of local government. It provides:
“Section 1. The County…
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