Constitution of Maryland (1867)
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The current <entity_0>, which was ratified by the people of the state on <entity_4>, forms the basic <entity_8> for the U.S. state of <entity_6> It replaced the short-lived <entity_1> and is the fourth constitution under which the state has been governed. At approximately 47,000 words (including annotations), the <entity_7> Constitution is much longer than the average length of a <entity_3> in the <entity_5>, which is about 26,000 words (the <entity_2> is about 8,700 words long). The state's 1864 constitution was written during the Civil War, while the Unionists temporarily controlled <entity_6> Approved by a bare majority (50.31%) of the state's eligible voters, including <entity_7> men who were serving in the Union army outside the state, it temporarily disfranchised the approximately 25,000 men in <entity_7> who had fought for the Confederacy or in other ways supported it, in an effort to bring change to the state. The right of the jury to be judge of the <entity_8> has since been declared unconstitutional, at least with respect to matters implicating federal constitutional rights, by the <entity_7> Court Appeals in Unger vs. <entity_7> (2012). <entity_7>'s Constitution describes the separation of powers doctrine, which is implied in the <entity_2>. Unlike the <entity_2>, when the <entity_7> Constitution is amended the official text of the document is edited, removing language that is no longer in force. While the average <entity_3> has been amended approximately 115 times, as of 2004, the <entity_7> Constitution has been amended almost 200 times, most recently in 2012. In 1970, voters approved an amendment that created the office of the Lieutenant Governor of <entity_6> In 1972, an amendment that created the current legislative district system of the <entity_7> General Assembly was approved. In 2012, three constitutional amendments were proposed on the 2012 U.S. presidential election ballot for the state of <entity_6> The first amendment proposed to require judges of the Orphans' Court for Prince George's County to have a <entity_7> state <entity_8> license and to be a current member of the <entity_7> Bar Association. The second amendment proposed to require judges of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore County to have a <entity_7> state <entity_8> license and to be a current member of the <entity_7> Bar.
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