Hogan Vetoes Congressional Map Passed By General Assembly, House And Senate Quickly Override

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The Maryland General Assembly rapidly overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a new representation outlining the boundaries for Maryland’s 8 seats successful the U.S. House of Representatives.

The politician held a property league Tuesday day declaring the recently drawn lines disenfranchise voters and interruption the Voting Rights Act, saying the representation hurts majority-minority jurisdictions specified arsenic Baltimore City and Prince George’s County by carving them up and putting them successful antithetic districts.

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Hours aft Hogan spoke, the House of Delegates and authorities Senate overrode his veto by votes of 96-42 and 32-14, respectively. A three-fifths bulk successful some chambers is needed to override an enforcement veto.

“I americium pleased Gov. Larry Hogan acted immediately, but much importantly I americium arrogant the Maryland General Assembly acted swiftly to override the Governor’s veto and walk a fair, caller legislature representation for the State of Maryland,” Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) said.

My connection connected the veto override: “I americium pleased @govlarryhogan acted immediately, but much importantly I americium arrogant the Maryland General Assembly acted swiftly to override the Governor’s veto and walk a fair, caller legislature representation for the State of Maryland.”

— Bill Ferguson (@SenBillFerg) December 9, 2021

At his property league Thursday, Hogan said the representation “makes a mockery of our democracy” and called it “disgracefully gerrymandered.” He besides implied the representation for section legislative districts would beryllium adjacent much tilted toward Democrats, who outnumber Republicans successful the authorities by 2-1.

Speaking successful the Maryland State House, the politician noted the building’s past arsenic the tract of the ratification of the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the Revolutionary War, and the determination of the archetypal peacetime capitol successful the country’s history.

“American ideology virtually began close here, successful this precise place,” helium said. “And yet, erstwhile it comes to escaped and just elections, Maryland is failing to unrecorded up to that arrogant legacy.”

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Hogan called connected the Biden medication to adhd Maryland to a precocious filed Justice Department lawsuit against Texas alleging redistricting plans successful that authorities interruption the voting rights of minorities. He besides suggested determination would beryllium abstracted ineligible challenges of the territory lines successful authorities and national courts.

“These maps cannot and volition not stand,” Hogan said.

Following transition earlier this week, Ferguson and House Speaker Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County) released a associated connection saying the representation creates much compact districts portion keeping astir Marylanders with their aforesaid representative.

“It besides demonstrates a steadfast committedness to the national Voting Rights Act by ensuring that number voters bid their quality to elite their preferred candidates,” they said.

A associated connection regarding the General Assembly passing a caller Congressional map: pic.twitter.com/JOxkA2M3fs

— Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (@SpeakerAJones) December 9, 2021

Republicans person argued the representation makes the lone House territory with a Republican representation, the 1st Congressional District, adjacent much competitive. The remaining 7 seats successful the state’s U.S. House delegation are held by Democrats.

The representation was representation approved by a committee with six legislators: 4 Democrats including Jones and Ferguson, who supported the map, and 2 Republicans, Senate Minority Leader Bryan Simonaire and House Minority Leader Jason Buckel, who opposed it.

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Hogan favored a antithetic representation drawn by a nine-member committee helium appointed. The sheet of 3 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 3 Independents proposed a map that would person mostly kept the 1st Congressional District arsenic is and brought backmost a territory occidental Maryland that historically went Republican.