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A nonpartisan proposal to redraw Maryland's congressional and legislative districts will be forwarded to lawmakers.
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Read More »Nonpartisan redistricting proposal delivered to Hogan
Hogan vows to veto, even sue over gerrymandered redistricting maps
Gov. Larry Hogan vowed Tuesday to veto gerrymandered redistricting maps and even challenge them in court.
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Read More »Maryland redistricting panel plans to release draft maps
A Maryland panel on congressional redistricting will try to have some draft proposals of maps made public next month, the chairman of the commission said.
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Read More »Maryland legislative redistricting panel announces hearings
A Maryland commission on congressional and state legislative redistricting on Tuesday announced 12 public hearings.
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Read More »How might redistricting battle play out in Maryland?
The release of 2020 census data provides a clearer picture of Maryland's population. Overall, the population grew by about 7% to nearly 6.8 million people.
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Read More »Census data sets up redistricting fight over growing suburbs
New census data showed rapid growth around some of the nation's largest cities and shrinking population in many rural counties.
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Read More »High court lets Virginia voting go ahead under redrawn map
Virginians will elect members of the House of Delegates this year using a map seen as favorable to Democrats, according to a ruling Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Read More »Justices weigh constitutionality of Maryland district
WASHINGTON – Based on questions and comments from justices Tuesday, Maryland’s currently configured westernmost congressional district appears to stand no chance of survival if the Supreme Court holds unconstitutional the intentional redrawing of a district to favor one political party, ...
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Read More »Frosh files final bid to save district as high court date nears
A panel of federal judges failed to draw a “limited and precise” line between permissible and unconstitutionally excessive partisan gerrymandering before striking down the state’s westernmost congressional district as too friendly to Democrats, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh stated ...
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Read More »Hogan, Schwarzenegger submit brief urging redrawn Md. district
Gov. Larry Hogan has joined fellow Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to erase and order the redrawing of Maryland’s westernmost congressional district, saying it was invalidly created by Maryland’s Democratic leadership to freeze out GOP voters ...
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