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A printing mistake affecting 400,000 voters lands on top of unresolved voter roll problems — and the state’s safeguards rely on trust more than verification By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s State Board of Elections is asking voters to trust that its systems will catch potential duplicate ballots — but that assurance is arriving on a foundation that’s been under legal challenge for…

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Will Jawando is running for Montgomery County Executive as a public financing candidate, pointing to more than 1,200 small-dollar donors as evidence of broad grassroots support. His campaign finance filings tell a more complicated story. While Jawando has raised over $400,000 through Montgomery County’s Public Election Fund (PEF) — and received a $161,755…

By MDBayNews Staff Maryland’s campaign-finance filings keep telling the same story: Democrats are building massive early-cycle advantages that Republicans rarely match—especially in statewide politics. It’s not just “better candidates” or “better messaging.” It’s structural: donor ecosystems, party-in-power gravity, and a legal framework that allows unlimited aggregate giving so long as donors…

एसडीएम सत्येंद्र सिंह ने रविवार दोपहर तहसील परिसर में बीएलओ, सुपरवाइजर और निर्वाचन स्टाफ को सम्मानित किया। उन्हें निर्वाचन प्रक्रिया को निष्पक्ष और पारदर्शी बनाने में उनके उत्कृष्ट योगदान के लिए प्रशस्तिपत्र दिए गए। यह सम्मान समारोह राष्ट्रीय मतदाता दिवस 2026 के अवसर पर आयोजित ‘बेस्ट इलेक्टोरल प्रैक्टिसेज अवार्ड-2026’ का हिस्सा था। इसके तहत विधानसभा 307-हर्रैया और 308-कप्तानगंज क्षेत्रों में…

एसडीएम सत्येंद्र सिंह ने रविवार दोपहर तहसील परिसर में बीएलओ, सुपरवाइजर और निर्वाचन स्टाफ को सम्मानित किया। उन्हें निर्वाचन प्रक्रिया को निष्पक्ष और पारदर्शी बनाने में उनके उत्कृष्ट योगदान के लिए प्रशस्तिपत्र दिए गए। यह सम्मान समारोह राष्ट्रीय मतदाता दिवस 2026 के अवसर पर आयोजित ‘बेस्ट इलेक्टोरल प्रैक्टिसेज अवार्ड-2026’ का हिस्सा था। इसके तहत विधानसभा 307-हर्रैया और 308-कप्तानगंज क्षेत्रों में…

By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland heads toward the 2026 election cycle, new campaign finance filings offer a revealing snapshot of where political money is flowing—and just how concentrated that flow has become. Data from the Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System (MD CRIS), maintained by the Maryland State Board of Elections, shows that the state’s top 20 active political committees have…

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The U.S. Department of Justice, now led by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, has filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Maryland, accusing state election officials of violating federal law by refusing to turn over detailed voter-roll data requested by the DOJ. Maryland is one of six states sued this…