Maryland voters this November will decide a ballot question whether to amend the state constitution to clarify the state’s redistricting process.
Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday signed HB 2100, which the Maryland House and Senate passed during their special session on redistricting.
Moore said the actions of President Donald Trump and Republican-led legislatures in other states to redraw congressional districts in favor of Republicans forced the hands of Democratic leaders in Maryland.
“For over a year, I have warned that Donald Trump and Republicans across the country are working to rig the system, weaken voting rights, and make this pain permanent. I am proud that today we united and took action,” the governor said. “I continue to believe that our country needs national redistricting reform. But until that happens, inaction is not an option.”
He continued, “Maryland will not be caught flat-footed while Republicans engage in political redlining that guts decades of progress that the generations before us fought for. By passing this constitutional amendment, the General Assembly has ensured that Maryland remains committed to being part of that conversation—and that the final decision will rest where it belongs: with the people of Maryland. I look forward to working together to pass the amendment with a strong YES vote in November.”
The amendment to Maryland’s constitution, if voters choose to ratify it, will clarify that certain redistricting standards apply only to the election of members of Maryland’s Senate and House of Delegates, not to the election of the state’s members of Congress.
