A Dorchester County judge was expected to rule Friday on a second challenge to Maryland’s proposed Question 3, days before ballot certification and a scheduled Supreme Court argument session.
Kansas voters reportedly rejected a plan to elect Supreme Court justices, leaving the commission-and-governor system in place unless the reported result changes before certification on September 1.
A July 30 report said Arkansas election officials found no valid signatures for a proposed initiative-protection constitutional amendment. The official determination and the measure’s final ballot status were not included in the available source packet.
Kentucky’s 2026 general-election ballot will ask voters whether to restrict a governor’s ability to grant pardons or commute sentences during the final 60 days before a gubernatorial election and through the governor-elect’s inauguration.
Maryland’s General Assembly began a three-day special session Aug. 3 to consider legal standards for future congressional redistricting, with any approved changes expected to apply in 2028 rather than the 2026 midterms.
Gov. Mike Kehoe has placed four proposed constitutional amendments on Missouri’s Aug. 4, 2026, primary ballot, including measures involving income taxes, citizen-led amendments and county assessors.
Missouri’s primary election is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 4, with four constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot and city candidate information posted for St. Louis voters.
Kansas voters will decide Aug. 4 whether to replace the current appointment-and-retention system for Supreme Court justices with phased statewide elections.
Maryland lawmakers will return August 3 for a narrow redistricting session. Any constitutional amendment would need approval by three-fifths of both chambers before voters could decide it on November 3.
