Maryland lawmakers get closer to asking voters to clear the way for redistricting helping Democrats

Maryland’s Democratic-controlled Legislature voted Tuesday to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would pave the way for them to eliminate the state’s lone Republican-held congressional district before the 2028 election.

Maryland voters could be asked to decide in November whether to clear the way for a new congressional map that would favor Democrats in all eight of the state’s U.S. House districts