More than a third of state ballot measures up for voter consideration address democracy-related issues including voting rights, election processes, and redistricting. The article highlights intensifying redistricting disputes following pressure from the Trump administration on Republican-led states to strengthen GOP electoral advantages.

Atterbeary goes on the air, GOP goes on the attack, more in political notes Former Del. Vanessa Atterbeary goes on the air with TV ads in the Howard County Executive race, House Republicans are still steamed about the Sine Die shouting match and Comptroller Brooke Lierman has a new chief of staff, in political notes.

GOP candidates revive anti-Islam attacks as midterms approach Republican lawmakers and candidates across the country have escalated their anti-Islam rhetoric in recent months, a strategy aimed at energizing voters by claiming without evidence that Muslim culture and religious tenets threaten American political values. Political observers say Republicans are seizing on anti-Islamic sentiment to gin up enthusiasm among their voters as they head into […]