Question 3: Provide That Nothing in State Constitution Establishes Criteria for Congressional Redistricting Amendment

A "yes" vote supports amending the Maryland Constitution concerning congressional redistricting to:

• provide that constitutional requirements for contiguity, compactness, substantially equal population, and consideration of natural and political subdivision boundaries apply only to state legislative districts, not congressional districts;

• allow the General Assembly to grant the Supreme Court of Maryland original jurisdiction over challenges to congressional redistricting plans; and

• provide that the Maryland Constitution establishes no criteria for congressional district boundaries.

A "no" vote opposes amending the Maryland Constitution concerning congressional redistricting, thereby:

• leaving unchanged the constitutional language that the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County held in 2022 applied the state’s districting requirements to congressional districts;

• not adding a provision allowing the General Assembly to grant the Supreme Court of Maryland original jurisdiction over challenges to congressional redistricting plans; and

• not adding a provision stating that the Maryland Constitution establishes no criteria for congressional district boundaries.