Maryland Certifies Nearly 50,000 Anti-DREAM Act Signatures

State Board of Elections certifies 47,000 signatures opposing DREAM Act; 8,500 signatures still needed.

By Glynis Kazanjian | June 22, 2011 | 8:00pm

Opponents of the Maryland DREAM Act are one step closer to letting voters decide if illegal immigrants should receive in-state tuition discounts when they attend colleges and universities in the state.

On Wednesday, the State Board of Elections certified more than 47,000 petition signatures, leaving petition sponsors with little more than 8,000 signatures to collect by the June 30 deadline.

“We issued the letter of certification to the petition sponsor [MDPetitions.com] today,â€