Right now, 3 extremely important bills are about to run out of time! On March 23, 2026 if these three bills haven't had a vote, they will no longer have a chance  to make a change. We need your help to save them! We've created an easy way for you to tell YOUR legislator that they need to step up and request that the Committee calls a vote on these bills. For each bill below, click the action button to easily send a prewritten email to your legislator. Open Primaries to All V

By Andy Ellis “In 2024, after a panel discussion, I was talking with State Senator Charles Sydnor and I kept saying "two-party system." He stopped me. We don't have a two-party system, he said. You're on the ballot. You have a party. You're advocating to change things. Stop acting like you don't exist. He was right. Maryland doesn't have a two-party system. Maryland law explicitly creates two classes of political parties: principal parties (the Democrats and Republicans) and

By Josh Davis “City of Salisbury officials weighed a wide range of election reforms Monday — from changing how vacancies are filled to overhauling how votes are cast — but largely sidestepped a central question: how much any of it would cost.
 City Council members agreed to move quickly on revising the appointment process for filling council vacancies, a response to the fallout from last year’s abrupt resignation of former Council President D’Shawn Doughty. His departure trig

By: BRYAN P. SEARS The House of Delegates chamber. House leaders are fast-tracking legislation to redraw the state’s eight congressional districts, drawing sharp criticism from Republicans who stand to lose the only seat the party holds in Maryland in the process. The House on Friday introduced House Bill 488 , a 40-page bill redrawing the state’s congressional districts for 2026 and then asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment that would keep the new districts fo

Below is our formal recommendation to Governor Moore and his Redistricting Advisory Commission:

See report and proposed maps here:

BY: BRYAN P. SEARS The steps of the Maryland State House. (Photo by Danielle E. Gaines/Maryland Matters) “Critics decry secret meeting of Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission, Ferguson blasts ‘preordained,’ ‘predetermined’ outcome” “A panel appointed by Gov. Wes Moore (D) to make recommendations on midcycle congressional redistricting voted behind closed doors Thursday to move forward with its work and solicit proposals from the public on how the state’s eight distric

A flag stand atop the Maryland State House on May 11, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File) “A recent survey conducted by the Institute of Politics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County has revealed more concerns of Maryland residents… … identified the economy, jobs, and cost of living as the most significant issues… … A significant 77% of respondents rated the cost of healthcare as a high priority, followed by the quality of K-12 public education at 7

Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray takes a question after a bill to redistrict the state's congressional map was defeated on Thursday. (Michael Conroy/AP) By: Colin Pascal “The decision by Republican state senators in Indiana to oppose partisan redistricting was a courageous act in the face of immense political pressure. President Donald Trump is sure to unleash the full force of his vitriol against members of his party who opposed his dictates from Washington.

By: Brian Shane Staff Writer (OC Today Dispatch) (Dec. 5, 2025) “ A new political party is working to plant its flag in Worcester County with the ultimate goal of appearing on the ballot and recruiting local candidates in 2026. Now active in 24 states, the centrist Forward Party is pitching itself as an alternative to politics as usual in Maryland. What’s different, party leaders say, is how the organization isn’t top-down with a national committee or predetermined platform,

Commentary by: Delegate Lily Qi Daniel Roche votes at the Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library. Voters turn out to cast their ballots in the Annapolis Primary Election Tuesday. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff) “Maryland is now home to nearly a million independent voters, about one in four voters. This reflects a national trend. Many are party-averse immigrants from countries where politics often evoke fear and distrust. In fact, immigrant-heavy Hispanic and Asian communities top the l

BY: BRYAN P. SEARS Karl Aro, former executive director of the Department of Legislative Services, testifies to the three members of the Governor's Redistricting Advisory Committee who showed up for Tuesday's virtual meeting. Clockwise from top right, they are Senate Preisdent Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City), Aro, Del. C.T. Wilson (D-Charles) and Cumberland Mayor Ray Morriss. (Screenshot) “A former executive director of the Department of Legislative Services warned a redistri