Redistricting commission votes behind closed doors to move toward redrawing maps
- Maryland Forward
- 2 days ago
- 1 min read
BY: BRYAN P. SEARS
“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 districts could be redrawn.
The 3-2 vote happened in a virtual meeting that was not listed on the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission website and was not open to the public. There was no agenda posted. It was a meeting, and a vote, that Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) criticized in a blistering statement that called the outcome “pre-ordained” and lacking in public transparency.
The commission, led by Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), met at 5 p.m. Just after 6, within minutes of the meeting’s close, Moore’s office released a statement in which Alsobrooks announced the commission would solicit maps from the public and hold two more meetings.
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