Advocates say they have ‘remedy’ to protect voting rights in Maryland

By: Joe Wicke

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 935

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago


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Daryl Jones thinks that “something is wrong in Maryland,” a state where more than half of all municipalities had prominent populations of color in 2024, but nearly a quarter had all-white governments, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

But Jones, board chair of the Transformative Justice Coalition, also thinks he knows the “remedy” — a state version of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, which voting rights advocates fear could be gutted this …

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