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...
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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...
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...
Top 5 Political Issues in Maryland Entering the 2026 Election Season
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Annapolis Watch As 2025 draws to a close, Maryland politics stand at an inflection...
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...