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The time is now to make Maryland a national leader on state voting rights - Maryland Matters

People at a 2021 “March On for Voting Rights” rally on the National Mall in Washington. Maryland cannot rely on Washington but needs to pass its own voting rights act, write Nehemiah Bester and Faith Blackburne-Proctor. Getty Images photo by Anna Moneymaker.In November, Maryland elected its first Black U.S. senator and has made significant progress toward building an inclusive democracy in recent years, expanding hours and number of early voting…