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A Maryland judge ruled that Republican legal challenges to Maryland’s redrawn congressional map can mostly move forward.
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Read More »Judge lets challenges to Maryland congressional map go ahead
Supreme Court sides with GOP in Alabama election map case
The court’s action, by a 5-4 vote, means the upcoming elections will be conducted under a map drawn by Alabama’s Republican-controlled legislature that contains one majority-Black district.
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Read More »Maryland panel votes on recommended new congressional map
A Maryland panel voted to recommend a new congressional map for state lawmakers to consider in a special session next month.
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Read More »3-judge panel hearing Md. redistricting case in Baltimore
A special three-judge panel is hearing arguments in a lawsuit challenging Maryland’s congressional districts map. The case being heard Tuesday was filed in June 2015 and argues that Maryland’s map violates the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit seeks to have the ...
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Read More »Supreme Court upholds W.V. congressional districts
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld West Virginia’s congressional redistricting plan against a challenge that small population variations among its three congressional districts violate the Constitution. The justices, in an unsigned opinion, reversed a lower federal court ruling ...
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Read More »Court won’t hear Md. redistricting challenge
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear a complaint against Maryland’s congressional redistricting map by voters unhappy with the state’s new maps. The high court affirmed Maryland judges’ decision to throw the lawsuit out. Some voters had complained that the ...
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Read More »Maryland residents have a week to comment on redistricting
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland residents have a week to comment on a recommended map for the state’s congressional districts. The draft plan was formally made public on Tuesday on the Maryland Department of Planning’s website, a day after members of a ...
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Read More »Redistricting panel to hold first public meeting
ANNAPOLIS — A panel drafting Maryland’s legislative and congressional redistricting plan is holding its first public meeting. The Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Annapolis. The five-person committee is tasked with planning hearings to give state ...
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Read More »Census results: Maryland population grew 9 percent
Maryland won’t gain or lose any seats in Congress as a result of the 2010 Census. Maryland has eight congressional districts. The Census Bureau says it’s one of 32 states that won’t gain or lose any seats. The General Assembly ...
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