Voter-driven constitutional amendments give Maryland voters direct power to propose and enact amendments to the state constitution through grassroots petition drives. This empowers communities to address critical issues that entrenched politicians and special interests often avoid. By placing amendment decisions directly in voters' hands, we strengthen democracy and ensure government accountability.

Expanding and protecting voting rights means ensuring that every person living in Maryland has a voice in our democracy—including incarcerated people, young people, and immigrants. We believe in universal access to the ballot, where every voter in every election can participate fully, freely, and without barriers. Expanding voting rights is essential to building a just and inclusive democracy that truly represents all of us.

Public campaign financing ensures elections in Maryland are funded by voters, not wealthy special interests. By establishing publicly financed campaigns for the General Assembly and statewide offices. and expanding public financing to counties across Maryland we can help counter corporate influence, empower grassroots candidates, and strengthen accountability to voters.

Ranked choice voting and proportional representation give voters more choice and power, ensuring that elected officials genuinely represent the diverse views of Marylanders. Ranked choice voting allows voters to rank candidates by preference, eliminating the "spoiler" effect, while proportional representation ensures seats reflect the true distribution of voter preferences. Together, these reforms create fairer, more representative, and accountable elections.

Ballot petition modernization will simplify and streamline the petition process by allowing electronic signatures and implementing voter-friendly validation methods. By moving away from outdated, restrictive rules, we ensure voters can more easily support candidates, parties, and initiatives that reflect their values. These reforms expand democratic participation, enhance accessibility, and make our elections fairer and more responsive to Marylanders.

We will also modernize the referendum process so that the local boards of election work with the citizens to ensure a binding determination of sufficiency before the signature gathering process begins.

Political debates on Maryland Public Television (MPT) for ballot qualified candidates will give voters direct access to the full range of candidates and ideas in every election cycle. By requiring MPT to host inclusive, publicly broadcast debates for statewide and legislative races, we ensure accountability and transparency from those seeking office. This promotes informed participation, breaks down the two-party monopoly, and strengthens Maryland’s democracy. Learn More

Municipal reform means empowering communities by making it easier to form municipalities that prioritize grassroots, people-driven governance. We support policies to simplify the incorporation process, expand local democracy, and ensure municipal governments actively protect and enhance voting rights. These reforms create stronger, more responsive local governments that truly represent their residents.

Democratizing the General Assembly means restructuring Maryland’s legislature to make it fully responsive to voters, not powerful insiders or corporate lobbyists. This includes reforms such as strengthening ethics rules, making legislative sessions and processes transparent and accessible, and ensuring meaningful public participation. Democratizing the General Assembly empowers communities, reduces the influence of money and special interests, and restores genuine accountability.

Maryland’s Constitution promises voters the power to call a constitutional convention—but then rigs the outcome by counting skipped ballots as “no.” We’ll restore real majority rule by using the same standard as other amendments—count only the people who answer the question—while keeping the two-step safeguard: voters must still approve both calling a convention and any final proposals. Learn More

Maryland Public Television exists to serve all Marylanders. Yet its political coverage largely reinforces the two-party duopoly. We will establish dedicated public policy programming on MPT that gives ballot-qualified political parties equal opportunity to present their platforms, explain their positions on major issues, and engage directly with viewers. This isn't about horse-race coverage or campaign ads. It's about substantive policy education that lets voters hear directly from parties across the political spectrum. MPT already produces excellent public affairs programming like State Circle and Direct Connection. Adding party-based policy programming would build on that tradition while ensuring Marylanders have access to the full range of political ideas competing for their support.ription

Nearly one million Marylanders are shut out of primary elections simply because they refuse to join a major party. In a state where primaries often decide the outcome, this exclusion falls hardest on communities already underrepresented—Hispanic voters, Asian voters, and young people all register as unaffiliated at rapidly growing rates. We support allowing unaffiliated voters to request a Democratic or Republican primary ballot without permanently changing their party registration—voters would remain unaffiliated and simply choose which primary to participate in on Election Day. Taxpayer-funded elections should be accessible to all taxpayers. Maryland's independent voters shouldn't have to game the system or surrender their principles just to have a voice in who governs them.

Any non-principal party recognized by the state of Maryland should be able to utilize state-run primaries if they choose to. Taxpayers fund our election infrastructure, and all ballot-qualified parties should have equal access to it.