# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 15.7

### Subtitle 1

#### Section 15.7-101

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Polarized voting" means voting in which there is a difference in the choice of candidates or other electoral choices that are preferred by voters in a protected class and in the choice of candidates and electoral choices that are preferred by another class or set of classes.

(c) "Protected class" means a class of voters who are members of a race, color, or language minority group or a class of two or more of those groups.

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Md. Code Ann., Election Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)