Maryland’s electoral landscape remains in flux as state elections officials sort out the effects of a court ruling affecting new legislative maps. Nearly 500 people filed to run for 47 seats in the Senate and 141 House of Delegates seats. ...

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An Anne Arundel Circuit Court judge will not rule on the legal sufficiency of new congressional maps hastily drawn by the General Assembly.

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A fast-tracked bill redrawing the state's eight congressional districts heads to the House of Delegates as lawmakers attempt to comply with a Wednesday judicial deadline.

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A federal judge has approved a new redistricting map submitted by Baltimore County Council after voting rights advocates successfully challenged the county’s first map. Baltimore County Council announced the judge’s approval in a news release Thursday. As of 6 p.m., ...

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More than a court order may be needed to resolve some issues related to redistricting, according to a special magistrate who is hearing legal challenges to the General Assembly’s plan to redraw Maryland’s legislative districts. Attorneys for the challengers and ...

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The Baltimore County Council filed a new redistricting plan late Tuesday after a federal judge ruled last month that the council’s first proposal likely violated the Voting Rights Act. The new map creates an additional majority-minority district, but does not ...

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The controversial redistricting map developed by the Prince George’s County Council will not go into effect following a decision from Maryland’s Court of Appeals Monday. In a brief order, Maryland’s top court upheld a circuit judge’s ruling that blocked the ...

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The distinction between a law and a resolution is at the heart of a Prince George’s County redistricting battle that Maryland’s top court heard Friday. The Court of Appeals must decide whether Prince George’s County Council had the right to ...

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Baltimore County's redistricting plan likely violates the Voting Rights Act and must be replaced with a new map that offers Black voters greater representation, a federal judge ruled.

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Three Republican lawmakers have filed a lawsuit challenging a state redistricting plan passed earlier this year.

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