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Judge Halts Another Democrat Scheme To Rig State Congressional Maps

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Judge Halts Another Democrat Scheme To Rig State Congressional Maps

A Maryland judge has enjoined the state’s Board of Elections from pushing out a ballot question drafted on the back of a broken law.

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Democrats have done a lot of weaselly things in the pursuit of power, but their ploy to grab a congressional seat by a quick and crooked change to Maryland’s constitution is a real doozy. 

A Maryland judge this week saw through the legally tortured redistricting scheme and put the kibosh on the hastily made ballot question. 

Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Thompson on Wednesday enjoined the Maryland State Board of Elections from putting an amendment question on the Nov. 3 ballot that the legislature unlawfully conceived. 

“Because the legislature did not follow the very laws it enacted, the court finds the enactment of HB2100 to be legally deficient,” Thompson wrote in his pointed opinion. The Board of Elections immediately appealed the decision to the Maryland Supreme Court. 

Shrugging Off the Law 

The rushed plan effectively seeks to wipe out the Old Line State’s sole Republican-held congressional district, just as Democrats tried and failed to do in Virginia earlier this year. 

Huge win for our team! Up to the Maryland Supreme Court we go! @ItsYourGov @MDFreedomCaucus @SenatorHershey @JustinReady https://t.co/Fqxm4maYW2— Kyle Brosnan (@KylePBrosnan) August 26, 2026

Huge win for our team! Up to the Maryland Supreme Court we go! @ItsYourGov @MDFreedomCaucus @SenatorHershey @JustinReady https://t.co/Fqxm4maYW2

As court records spell out, the General Assembly just last session passed a bill that established new content requirements for statewide ballot questions and set a July 1 deadline for amendment questions to be submitted to the Board of Elections. Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat with presidential aspirations, backed the Senate bill. The law went into effect on June 1. 

A month and a half later, Moore issued a proclamation calling the General Assembly into “Extraordinary Session” to begin on Aug. 3. The purpose? To “pass legislation to amend the State constitution to clarify and reaffirm that the provisions which govern the requirements of our State legislative districts to not apply to Maryland’s congressional districts.” 

But the special session convened more than a month after the July 1 ballot certification deadline. The General Assembly disregarded a law that it recently had........

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