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Aug 7, 2026

MD Republicans sue Moore, elections officials over redistricting ballot question

Republican officials filed a lawsuit in an effort to prevent the congressional redistricting referendum that Maryland legislators passed this week from appearing on November ballots.

President Donald Trump speaks about election security during an address to the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 16, 2026. (SAUL LOEB/Pool via REUTERS)
Jul 17, 2026

Trump primetime speech sparks MD Democrats’ ire amid election fights

Maryland Democrats pushed back against President Donald Trump’s Thursday evening address in which he continued to allege election fraud.

Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis walks out of the federal courthouse in Baltimore after a hearing on whether the Trump administration's demand for unredacted voter data should be dismissed.
Jul 17, 2026

MD elections head tells feds voter rolls are secure, removing voters ‘must be certain’

Maryland’s top election official said in a letter to federal officials that Maryland is following federal and state law as it maintains voter rolls.

A ballot drop box outside of the Civic Building in Silver Spring
Jul 15, 2026

Montgomery County finds processing errors for 19 ballots after MD’s larger mail-in ballot issue

The Montgomery County Board of Elections found processing errors to 19 ballots related to a much larger mistake: hundreds of thousands of misprints sent out statewide.

Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis walks out of the federal courthouse in Baltimore after a hearing on whether the Trump administration's demand for unredacted voter data should be dismissed.
Jul 9, 2026

DOJ threatens top MD election official with criminal charges

Maryland’s top election official is being threatened with criminal charges by the Justice Department, part of a larger effort involving election officials across the country.

A ballot drop box outside of the Civic Building in Silver Spring
Jun 23, 2026

Primary election: MD requests 77K more mail-in ballots than in 2022

As state officials deal with the fallout of a mistake with mail-in ballots, Marylanders requested far more of them for Tuesday's primary election than they did in 2022.

Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis walks out of the federal courthouse in Baltimore after a hearing on whether the Trump administration's demand for unredacted voter data should be dismissed.
Jun 22, 2026

Judge tosses Trump administration suit seeking MD voter data

A federal judge threw out the Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking data on millions of registered Maryland voters.

Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis walks out of the federal courthouse in Baltimore after a hearing on whether the Trump administration's demand for unredacted voter data should be dismissed.
Jun 10, 2026

MD elections official expects ‘favorable ruling’ in DOJ suit seeking voter data

After hearing arguments, a judge will decide whether to throw out the Trump administration's lawsuit seeking unredacted voter data from Maryland's registration list.

A ballot drop box outside of the Civic Building in Silver Spring
Jun 9, 2026

MD elections board approves canvassing protocol following mail-in ballot error

The Maryland State Board of Elections unanimously voted to approve official canvassing instructions for the June 23 primary election.

Election 2022 Maryland Primary
Nov 3, 2023

Tiny percentage of Md. voters cast two ballots in recent election, audit finds

More than 100 Marylanders voted twice in the 2020 election, representing a microscopic proportion of the state’s electorate, an audit found.

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Sep 5, 2014

Tracking large Md. campaign donors a difficult task

Maryland lacks an efficient way of tracking large political donors in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that eliminated aggregate limits, according to the head of Common Cause Maryland.

Jul 11, 2014

Excuses abound when campaign finance reports are late

When it comes to getting out of late-filing fines, one state elections official has nearly heard them all.