Maryland lawmakers considering steps toward partisan redistricting for 2028
The proposal would let lawmakers redraw U.S. House districts and could help Democrats gain one seat by 2028, officials said.
- On Monday, the Maryland General Assembly began a special session to consider a constitutional amendment allowing lawmakers to redraw congressional districts, potentially helping Democrats gain an additional U.S. House seat by 2028.
- This session represents a new phase in a national redistricting battle that began a year ago, when President Donald Trump urged Republican-led states to redraw congressional districts to help maintain a slim House majority.
- House Minority Leader Jason Buckel criticized witness testimony limits as a "brief and meaningless formality," while Rep. Andy Harris called the proposal "gerrymandering that this constitutional amendment sets up."
- If approved by a three-fifths vote of both chambers, the amendment would go before voters in the Nov. 3 general election, as Gov. Wes Moore casts the move as an urgent necessity.
- After the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act in late April, Senate President Bill Ferguson said his views shifted, prompting him to support the measure despite blocking a similar redistricting initiative earlier this year.
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Image Courtesy of Del. Wayne Hartman MARYLAND – The Maryland House of Delegates has passed House Bill (HB) 2100, advancing a proposed constitutional amendment that will allow the State’s voters to decide whether to pass new standards governing congressional redistricting. The bill, passed by a vote of 96-38, will put redistricting terms on the ballot this fall, with proposed changes...
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