By Howard Gorrell While Fight Back MD supports a “YES” vote and Protect Maryland Votes urges a “NO” on the November 2026 congressional redistricting amendment (Question 3), respectively, Sen. Cheryl Kagan, D, of Montgomery County has led efforts to make ballot...
By Howard Gorrell On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Maryland approved a proposed amendment on congressional redistricting for the November ballot. This decision reversed two lower-court rulings that would have blocked it. The Court decided that Question 3 will remain...
By Howard Lee Gorrell On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Maryland closed the curtain on the wild “2026 Maryland Mid-Decade Redistricting” show by ordering that Question 3 remain on the November 2026 general election ballot and directing the State Board of Elections to...
A state judge Wednesday tossed the state constitutional amendment passed just a few weeks ago, saying the legislature violated its own laws. He was also puzzled by the language voters would see to approve the change in redistricting standards. The Maryland Supreme...
By Howard Lee Gorrell Maryland legislators will return to Annapolis for a three-day special session next week. They will consider a constitutional amendment that could affect congressional redistricting for the 2028 and 2030 elections after the U.S. Supreme Court’s...
“So, my ask is simple: Do not let the democratic process die in the Free State. Debate it, discuss it, make adjustments if necessary, and put it to a vote,” said Gov. Wes Moore in his fourth State of the State address before a joint session of the Maryland General...
The House bill HB0488, which proposes a new congressional redistricting map for the state’s eight districts, has been referred to the 12-member Senate Rules Committee made up of the main leadership of the Senate of both parties. In the 2018 Maryland League of Women...
The Democratic delegates on the House Rules and Executive Nominations voted 18-6 on Jan. 25 to send the map drawn by the 2025 Governor's Redistricting Advisory Commission to the House of Delegates. Some of these delegates should re-read their 2018 campaign promises on...
As the first to challenge Maryland’s congressional district apportionment for the 2010 decade, I was heartened two days later (July 22) when House of Delegates Majority Leader, Del. David H. Moon (D-Montgomery Co.), announced his plan to draft legislation that would automatically redistrict Maryland if other states engage in out-of-cycle redrawing of congressional districts.
The obligees and obligors in the Free State have wondered if the coming session of the Maryland General Assembly will see more action on legislative bills dealing with the Maryland Child Support Administration. Since 2004, I have been working to reform Maryland’s...
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