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Question 3 Electoral Districts - General Assembly and Congressional Representatives (Constitutional Amendment)

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Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)On the November 3, 2026 ballot

Did it pass? The official answer comes December 3.

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Not official yetUpdated November 3, 2026

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Question 3: Electoral Districts - General Assembly and Congressional Representatives (Constitutional Amendment)
Passed, The Baltimore Banner reported.The Baltimore Banner, “In a win for Moore, Maryland voters clear path for congressional redistricting”, November 3, 2026. Unofficial until certified.

Reports are checked daily until Maryland certifies on December 3; the official result is the state's certified count.

Maryland Question 3 (Electoral Districts - General Assembly and Congressional Representatives (Constitutional Amendment)) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Official ballot language (Ch. 881 of the 2026 Special Session, HB 2100), as revised by the Supreme Court of Maryland's September 3, 2026 order: "For the purpose of clarifying that certain requirements apply only to districts for the election of members of the Senate of Maryland and the House of Delegates; authorizing the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of Maryland to review the congressional districting plan of the State; and providing that nothing in the Maryland Constitution provides applicable criteria for the boundaries of a congressional districting plan."

As of November 3, 2026, The Baltimore Banner reported that Maryland Question 3 passed; the result is unofficial until Maryland certifies it on December 3.

What a yes or no vote means

A YES vote FOR the Constitutional Amendment: clarifies that certain districting requirements apply only to Senate and House of Delegates districts, lets the General Assembly give the Supreme Court of Maryland original jurisdiction to review the congressional districting plan, and provides that the Maryland Constitution sets no criteria for congressional district boundaries.
A NO vote AGAINST the Constitutional Amendment: makes none of those changes to the Maryland Constitution.
Read the certified ballot question

Official ballot language (Ch. 881 of the 2026 Special Session, HB 2100), as revised by the Supreme Court of Maryland's September 3, 2026 order: "For the purpose of clarifying that certain requirements apply only to districts for the election of members of the Senate of Maryland and the House of Delegates; authorizing the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of Maryland to review the congressional districting plan of the State; and providing that nothing in the Maryland Constitution provides applicable criteria for the boundaries of a congressional districting plan."

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How it reached the ballot

Question 3 reached the Maryland ballot as a constitutional amendment (legislative referral).

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