Maryland Voters Sue Election Board over ‘Unconstitutional’ Closed Primaries

Independent voters challenge constitutionality of Maryland’s closed primary elections - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

Five Maryland voters who are not affiliated with any political party filed a lawsuit this week asking a state judge to declare the state’s restrictions on primary elections a violation of the state constitution.Maryland, which has a partially closed primary system, requires voters to affiliate with the Democratic or Republican party if they want to vote in the primary election. The five unaffiliated voters, represented by Republican former Lt. G…

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Independent voters challenge constitutionality of Maryland's closed primary elections - Maryland Matters

Registered voters in Maryland who are not affiliated with a political party are prevented from voting in much of the state's primary elections. A lawsuit filed this week hopes to change that. (File photo William J. Ford/Maryland Matters.)Five Maryland voters who are not affiliated with any political party filed a lawsuit this week asking a state judge to declare the state’s restrictions on primary elections a violation of the state constitution.…

Lawsuit alleges Maryland closed primary elections are unconstitutional - Washington Examiner

A Maryland resident filed a lawsuit against the state and its Board of Elections, alleging that the state’s law of having a closed primary is unconstitutional.  The legal argument for the lawsuit is based on the state constitution, which guarantees the right to vote in “all elections to be held in this State.” “We believe it is a fundamental American value that every citizen should have a right to vote in a public election,” Jeremy Gruber, Open …

The Maryland State Election Board has been sued by five non-politically affiliated voters, who claim that using taxpayers’ money to fund primary elections in which they cannot vote is unconstitutional. In Maryland, the Democratic and Republican primary elections are “partially closed,” meaning that non-affiliated voters, the Green Party and the Libertarian Party can only participate in the primary elections with the permission of the respective …

Maryland’s partisan primary elections are unconstitutional, lawsuit alleges