Maryland’s New Voting Rights Act: Who Gets to Sue, and Why Counties Are the Only Target
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland lawmakers are imposing a legal standard on counties that they explicitly refused...
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The Montgomery Shadow Over Maryland’s 6th
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The numbers are simple. In 2024, Republican Neil Parrott carried Washington County by 22...
Maryland House Moves to Open Primaries to Unaffiliated Voters
By MDBayNews Staff The Maryland House of Delegates has approved legislation that would allow unaffiliated voters to...
44% of Maryland Legislative Races Lack Two-Party Competition After Filing Deadline
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The numbers are in — and they are hard to ignore. According to newly compiled...
Ranked-Choice Voting: Democracy’s “Upgrade” That No One Asked For
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass recently praised ranked-choice voting (RCV) as a...
Can Maryland Fix Its One-Party Democracy? A Reform Roadmap for Real Competition
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s one-party dominance is not new. Democrats have controlled the General Assembly...
Greens Join Republicans and Democrats on Constitutional Convention Fix
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS, MD — In a rare show of cross-party alignment, Green Party gubernatorial candidate Andy...
MARYLAND’S LEGISLATIVE MAPS: NOT THE WORST GERRYMANDER — BUT DESIGNED TO LOCK IN POWER
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland’s state legislative districts are often lumped into the same category as the state’s...
David Moon and the Politics of Power in Annapolis
By MDBayNews Editorial Desk Maryland House Majority Leader David Moon has long presented himself as a reformer—an...
Green Party Candidate Andy Ellis Slams Dan Cox, GOP as Maryland’s “Non-Opposition”
By MDBayNews Staff The 2026 Maryland governor’s race is already exposing deep fractures—not just between Democrats and...
Secure the Vote Act 2026 Rally Set for Annapolis
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS — A coalition of election integrity advocates and conservative lawmakers is set to rally in...
Green Party Ticket Backs HB 101, Challenging Maryland’s Debate Rules
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A bill moving through the Maryland General Assembly is drawing new attention to how...
Soros-Backed Ranked-Choice Voting Comes to Maryland — With Jamie Raskin Leading the Charge
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland voters are once again being told that a sweeping change to how elections are...
Why Ranked Choice Voting Is the Wrong Choice for Maryland
By Michael Phillips | Maryland Bay News Maryland’s election system doesn’t need a flashy overhaul — it needs clarity,...
To Advocates of Ranked-Choice Voting: A Respectful Case for Caution in Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Advocates of ranked-choice voting (RCV) deserve credit for engaging seriously with a real...
Ranked-Choice Voting in Maryland: Disenfranchisement, Complexity, and a Reform That Solves the Wrong Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As Maryland lawmakers once again debate changes to how elections are conducted,...
The Fair Representation Act Could Reshape Maryland Elections — and Hand Republicans Seats Democrats Have Locked Away for Years
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews – Annapolis Watch A national election-reform proposal backed for years by Rep. Jamie...
The Wrong Ballots No One Is Talking About: Maryland’s Quiet Election Weak Points
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Investigations Maryland’s election system is not being stolen.But in multiple legislative...
Ellis–Andrews File for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Seeking Maryland Green Party Nomination
On Monday, September 22, 2025, Andy Ellis and Owen Silverman Andrews made their candidacies official, filing with the...
Maryland’s Independent Voters Are Shut Out—And Paying the Price
Roughly 22% of Marylanders—nearly one million people—don’t affiliate with either major political party. That number...
Democracy by Design? More Like Districts by Design: Andy Ellis Says Maryland Voters Are Being Played
By Michael Phillips Let’s play pretend for a second. Imagine you live in a state where your vote doesn’t really...
Blacklisted Before the Ballot: How Maryland’s Media and Machine Silence Independent Candidates
By Michael Phillips Andy Ellis doesn’t need your sympathy. He needs your attention. The Green Party candidate for...
Maryland’s Rigged System? Andy Ellis Says the Real Power Problem Is in Annapolis
By Michael Phillips Let’s play a game. Imagine you live in a state where elections are decided before you vote,...
Maryland Sued for Keeping Elections as Exclusive as a Georgetown Dinner Party
ANNAPOLIS, MD — In what can only be described as a moment of shocking common sense, a legal challenge has been filed...