Thanks Annie for quoting the statute correctly. Parents filed taxes not paid taxes. Big difference as we know.

down goes the law. Ridiculous and self serving for politicians at the expense of tax paying LEGAL citizens. Politician wantying to be elected by those they can control.

It's mostly a meaningless distinction. We don't discriminate between people who ultimately end up oweing taxes vs. those who don't. What matters is that you file and pay the amount set by the legislature.

your right Blake, they can submit a tax form with no income in order to qualify and or have a minium of a GED and OMalley really hurt the cause with his Remarks about the petition drive being about Hate. Yet he couldnt even speak the truth about what is in the bill itself. Amazing spinmeister.

Thankfully the citizens and taxpayers of Maryland will have a say. Great news.

exactly blake I'm glad someone at the sun can get it right

Phase 1 accomplished!! Now on to the vote. Good job to all who signed!!

Congratulations to everyone involved in making this referendum possible! In spite of pandering politicians,a ridiculously difficult process and hate speech from special interest groups who have no regard for the law or Maryland taxpayers, Maryland voters will have the final say. It's a GREAT day to be a Marylander!

The tax returns don't even have to "have been" submitted. The tax returns can be filed late and there is no penalty for late filing if you don't owe any tax. So illegals will simply file three years of late tax returns and they'll qualify for in-state, under this law.

Congratulations to everyone who worked to make this petition drive a success! In spite of a ridiculously difficult process, pandering politicians and special interest groups who have little or no regard for the law and Maryland Taxpayers, Maryland Voters will have the final say. It's a GREAT day to be a Marylander!

GREAT JOB ! Now, We the voters of Maryland will decide this issue ! Thanks to all those who help gather signatures in Fells Point and elsewhere. WE DID IT , Now the campaign begins we have to get out the vote and send a message to Annapolis.

LOL, now the Dems in MD will have no control as we petition their nonsense to a ballot and just override them.

It's a great day in MD.

Can't wait for more nonsense bills that they pass and ignore the taxpeyers wishes and the taxpayers get their say and tell the corrupt MD Pols to stick it at the polls

We're in control now you idiots. Finally a solution to this MD liberal Dem nonsense they shove down our throats yearly.

LOFL at Mikey Bush and the rest of the arrogant criminals/"representatives" that populate/polute Annapolis

I love it, I love it, I love it!!!
In yo' face owe'malley, miller and busch.
Can hardly wait for the backlash and the election year posturing, backpedaling, challenges, and advertising to re-institute the law.
Its gonna be entertaining.

As a bonus, CASA De Maryland's Kim Propeack forgot to appear at her speeding ticket trial on June 30, probably because she was so busy trying to stop the petition drive. Her driver's license is now suspended for failure to appear.

Glad this drive was sucessful. The more important part is defeat the law in Nov. Can't let up now. Next should be how CASA of Maryland gets Tax money from dems and uses that money for political opposition purposes. CASA needs to be driven out of our tax dollars.

If they pay the taxes they owe, I don't understand the problem. More importantly, how do they get away with using internet signatures when all other ballot drives needed to use actual signatures, with the ridiculous requirement that the signature legibly match their full name??? Something is royally messed up here

The liberals and the socalled "Latino" (no such race or culture) lobby will scuttle this yet. MD judges have one agenda: protect the rights of socalled minorities; make the working people support the indigent and cultures that are antithetical to American Anglo Saxon culture that was adopted by generations of earlier immigrants with great success. Indeed, federal courts now regularly rescind democratic referenda(eg. gay marriage limitations) that don't comport with a liberal judicial panel's narrow concept of "equal protection.

Liberals want these illegal trespassers to stay, have the many kids these ignorant cultures think is a good thing to do, and to vote. And make MD a California. Or El Salvador. 150 strynale

Este es racista! Tenemos derecho a subsidios a la educación. Ustedes son los inmigrantes también! Quitarle su propio prestaciones de formación. Pueblo Mexicano trabajar duro haciendo los trabajos que no quieren hacer. Nos merecemos esto. Todos ustedes deberían avergonzarse de ustedes mismos. Dejar de discriminar!

So happy this exercise of our state right to seek a referendum vote is successful. MD voters will finally have the chance to express their opinion on this bad law at the next election. The Dem majority hasn't gotten the message yet. We are tired of bad laws, more taxes, FEES & revenue raising gimmicks that leave us broke & angry.

Just shows what can be done. Apathy can be overcome. The politicians are going to learn now that they can't pass laws that even Mike Miller said most Marylanders were not in favor of.

Just thought I'd translate what didactic1 posted:

This is racist! We are entitled to subsidies to education. You are the immigrants also! Remove your own benefits of training. Mexican people work hard doing the jobs that don't want to do. We deserve this. You all should be ashamed of yourselves. Cease discriminating.

It's not racist! Why should criminals receive rewards for breaking our laws?

Hey O'Malley how are you reacting you cry baby

Maria Dallas,

Vezměte si hlavu z vašeho debile

Here is the English translation of the racist post of Maria Dallas.

"This is racist! We are entitled to subsidies to education. You are the immigrants also! Remove your own benefits of training. Mexican people work hard doing the jobs that don't want to do. We deserve this. You all should be ashamed of yourselves. Stop discrimination!"

Really? If you are an illegal alien Maria Dallas and are now DEMANDING benefits FROM Americans that Americans from any of the other 49 states do not receive,

Sorry, that will not fly.

Listen hard,

BECOME A LEGAL RESIDENT of America and you will then be "entitled" to the same things all other Americans are "entitled" to.

Get it? If not, go the hell home where you belong. Make it better there, we can do it here without you.

Maria Dallas is typical of the entitled Mexican racist who thinks that the gringo pig trough should never be empty for her particular "color" of snout.

Note that she doesn't even have the courtesty to demand her freebies and goodies from the American taxpayers in the language most of us speak.

This is how disrespectful the Mexicans are to the American taxpayers they demand freebies and goodies from. Rob my pocket and then taunt me in a language I don't speak.

This "pilgrim" has had enough of the sickening Mexican disrespect and greed. Good show, Marylanders--you don't want your home state to turn into another Mexifornia like mine.

Human rights should not be put to a vote. Just because these people are not documented does not mean that they are not a part of our state. An education can help them be more productive for Maryland.