New Facts: Judge Blocks Maryland Redistricting Amendment Vote

Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Robert Thompson ruled that the proposed constitutional amendment on congressional redistricting cannot appear on Maryland’s November ballot. He found lawmakers violated state election law in how they approved it during a special session this month and that the measure improperly bundled separate issues.

The decision came Wednesday, a day after a daylong hearing. The order is stayed while an appeal goes to the Supreme Court of Maryland, leaving the state’s high court to decide whether voters see the question in November.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources