Baltimore County Council filed a new redistricting plan late Tuesday after a federal judge ruled last month that the council’s first proposal likely violated the Voting Rights Act. The new map creates an additional majority-minority district, but does not create two majority-Black districts, as critics argued it should. “With the map we submitted today, the .
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ANNAPOLIS The Maryland Senate has delayed votes on more than a half dozen nominees appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan. The nominees include a potential Court of Appeals judge, whose appointment has been held by one Democrat. Republicans asked for a delay on members of a panel that will oversee the implementation of a multibillion-dollar .
The bill would shore up voting protections for minorities by empowering the attorney general to determine whether a local body has quashed the voting rights of minorities.