Ballot measure · Maryland · November 3, 2026

Question 3

Title as the state lists it: Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress1,2,3,4,5

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would make the constitution's district rules on adjoining territory, compact shape, equal population and regard for natural and local government boundaries apply only to State Senate and House of Delegates districts, let the General Assembly give the Supreme Court of Maryland original jurisdiction to review the congressional map, and state that the constitution sets no criteria for congressional district lines.2,4

A no vote

A no vote would leave Article III of the constitution as it is, without wording that limits those district rules to State legislative districts, without a provision on Supreme Court of Maryland review of the congressional map, and without a statement that the constitution sets no criteria for congressional district lines.2,4

More about it

The State Board of Elections says the ballot wording for this question was changed under a September 3, 2026 order of the Supreme Court of Maryland in Maryland State Board of Elections v. Wheatley and Maryland State Board of Elections v. Howell; the ballots the Board posted carry the revised wording.1,4 The General Assembly passed this amendment at its 2026 special session as Chapter 881 (House Bill 2100).3

§2How it got on the ballot

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3,4,5

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3,4,5

It is on Maryland's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,3,4,5,6 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Maryland's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of the votes on it. The amendment passes if more than half of the votes cast on it are in favor.7 Art. XIV, § 1