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A collection of 23 issues

HB 1405: Banning Campaign Finance Activity During Session

Unfavorable · Government, Labor, and Elections Committee · March 4, 2026 Oral testimony by Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor Full Title: Election Law - Campaign Finance Activities - Candidates for State Office Sponsor: Delegate Healey MGA Page: HB1405 Oral Testimony Testimony as Prepared My name is Andy ellis and I am a

HB1378: Corporate Power Reset Act

Favorable · Government, Labor, and Elections Committee · March 4, 2026 Written testimony by Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor Full Title: Corporations and Associations - Limitations on Election and Ballot Issue Activities (Maryland Corporate Power Reset Act) Sponsors: Delegates Terrasa, Lehman, Ruth MGA Page: HB1378 Testimony as Submitted In 2024, outside

HB1448: Municipal Elections Transparency

Favorable · Government, Labor, and Elections Committee · March 4, 2026 Written testimony by Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor Full Title: Municipal Elections - Information on Candidates and Voting Procedures and Locations Sponsor: Delegate Tomlinson Crossfile: SB 848 (Senator Gallion) MGA Page: HB1448 Testimony as Submitted Maryland has 157 municipalities. They

HB1403: Citizen Initiative Process

Favorable · Government, Labor, and Elections Committee · March 4, 2026 Written and oral testimony by Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor Full Title: Election Law - Initiative Process Sponsors: Delegates McComas, Hornberger MGA Page: HB1403 Oral Testimony Testimony as Submitted Democrats in Maryland have one of the longest single-party control

HB 1289: Expand the RCV Task Force to Include Proportional Representation

Favorable with Amendment · Government, Labor, and Elections Committee · February 25, 2026 Oral testimony by Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor Full Title: Task Force on the Implementation of Approval Voting and Ranked-Choice Voting Sponsor: Delegate Terrasa Cross-file: SB0800 MGA Page: HB1289 Oral Testimony Written Testimony In 2022

HB0962: Public Financing for School Boards

Favorable · Government, Labor, and Elections Committee · February 25, 2026 Written testimony by Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor Full Title: Local Public Campaign Financing - County Boards of Education Sponsors: Delegates Woorman, Acevero, Behler, Kaufman, Palakovich Carr, Terrasa, and Wims MGA Page: HB0962 Written Testimony School board races are where

HB1010: Election Technology Certification

Favorable · Government, Labor, and Elections Committee · February 25, 2026 Written testimony by Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor Full Title: Election Law - Certification of Election-Supporting Technology - Regulations, Review, and Evaluation Sponsor: Delegate Fair Crossfile: SB0236 MGA Page: HB1010 Testimony as Submitted I am a Green Party candidate for

HB 580: Montgomery County Voting Methods

Favorable · Government, Labor, and Elections Committee · February 16, 2026 Written testimony by Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor Full Title: Montgomery County - Voting Methods MC 1-26 Sponsor: Montgomery County Delegation MGA Page: HB0580 Testimony as Submitted Since 2014, every Democratic primary for Montgomery County Executive has been won

HB0575: Student Civic Engagement

Favorable · Ways and Means Committee · February 18, 2026 Written testimony by Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor Full Title: Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences for Civic Engagement Sponsor: Delegate Wilkins MGA Page: HB575 Testimony as Submitted When I was in high school, I regularly left school for Frederick

Op-Ed: The Way Forward for Multiparty Democracy in Maryland

In 2024, after a panel discussion, I was talking with State Senator Charles Sydnor and I kept saying "two-party system." He stopped me. We don't have a two-party system, he said. You're on the ballot. You have a party. You're

Authority: Ellis/Andrews for Maryland, Brian Bittner, Treasurer