The population count used after each decennial census for the purpose of creating the congressional districting plan used to elect the State’s Representatives in Congress:
may not include individuals who:
were incarcerated in State or federal correctional facilities, as determined by the decennial census; and
were not residents of the State before their incarceration; and
shall count individuals incarcerated in the State or federal correctional facilities, as determined by the decennial census, at their last known residence before incarceration if the individuals were residents of the State.
Beginning with the 2020 decennial census:
on or before October 31 in the year of each decennial census, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services shall submit to the Maryland Department of Planning and the Department of Legislative Services the following identifiable information, in electronic form, for each individual incarcerated in a State correctional facility on April 1 in the year of the decennial census:
the name of the individual;
the address of the individual’s last known residence;
the individual’s race or ethnicity; and
any other information necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section; and
on or before August 1 in the year of each decennial census, the Maryland Department of Planning and the Department of Legislative Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding, the terms of which shall require the Department of Planning and the Department of Legislative Services to work collaboratively to:
summarize the results of the geocoded data created by the Department of Planning as required under COMAR 35.05.01;
using the geocoded data, identify the individuals incarcerated in a State correctional facility or federal correctional facility in the State that will be included in the adjusted census data under this section;
make any necessary changes to the Department of Planning’s geocoded database;
jointly review for accuracy any changes to the census data by any software vendor or other entity; and
jointly certify, on or before March 15 in the year following each decennial census, the adjusted census data to be used for redistricting under this section.
The State is divided into eight districts for the election of the State’s Representatives in Congress.
The descriptions of congressional districts in this subtitle include the references indicated.
The references to:
election districts and wards are to the geographical boundaries of the election districts and wards as they existed on April 1, 2020; and
precincts are to the geographical boundaries of the precincts as reviewed and certified by the local boards or their designees, before they were reported to the U.S. Bureau of the Census as part of the 2020 census redistricting data program and as those precinct lines are specifically indicated in the P.L. 94–171 data or shown on the P.L. 94–171 census block maps provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and as reviewed and corrected by the Maryland Department of Planning.
Where precincts are split between congressional districts, census tract and block numbers, as indicated in P.L. 94–171 data or shown on the P.L. 94–171 census block maps provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and referred to in this subtitle, are used to define the boundaries of congressional districts.
The first congressional district consists of the following counties:
Caroline County;
Cecil County;
Dorchester County;
Harford County;
Kent County;
Queen Anne’s County;
Somerset County;
Talbot County;
Wicomico County; and
Worcester County.
The district also includes the following parts of Baltimore County:
election district 7, precinct 2;
election district 10, precincts 1 and 3 through 6;
election district 11, precincts 1 through 3, 5, 20, 22 through 24, and 26;
election district 15, precincts 6 and 25;
that part of election district 7, precinct 1 that consists of census tract 4070.02, blocks 1000 through 1022, 2000 through 2045, 2049 through 2051, 2053, 3000 through 3013, and 3019;
that part of election district 7, precinct 3 that consists of census tract 4070.02, block 2055;
that part of election district 11, precinct 4 that consists of the following:
census tract 4111.02, blocks 2009, 2015, 2016, 2020 through 2026, and 2030; and
census tract 4113.02, blocks 1000, 1001, 1004, 1005, 1009 through 1035, 1041, 1049, 1050, 1052, 1053, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017 through 2021, 2024 through 2026, and 2028;
that part of election district 11, precinct 6 that consists of census tract 4114.06, blocks 1000 through 1009, 2000 through 2003, and 2008 through 2011; and
that part of election district 11, precinct 14 that consists of the following:
census tract 4113.08, blocks 1003 through 1005, 2000, 2001, 2003 through 2005, and 3000 through 3010; and
census tract 4113.09, blocks 3007 through 3009.
The second congressional district consists of the following parts of Baltimore City:
ward 13, precincts 1, 2, and 4;
ward 27, precincts 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, and 49;
that part of ward 13, precinct 3 that consists of the following:
census tract 1306.00, blocks 4002 and 4003;
census tract 1307.00, blocks 4003, 4004, and 4006 through 4009;
census tract 1308.04, blocks 1002 through 1010, 2000 through 2006, 2013, and 2016; and
census tract 1308.06, block 1011;
that part of ward 13, precinct 5 that consists of census tract 1308.06, block 1012;
that part of ward 13, precinct 12 that consists of the following:
census tract 1306.00, blocks 4000 and 4001; and
census tract 1307.00, blocks 2002, 2006 through 2010, 3000, 3002, 3003, 3005 through 3007, 4005, and 6003 through 6007;
that part of ward 13, precinct 13 that consists of census tract 1307.00, blocks 3001 and 3004;
that part of ward 27, precinct 38 that consists of census tract 2711.01, blocks 2000, 2001, 2003 through 2005, 3014, and 3015;
that part of ward 27, precinct 39 that consists of census tract 2712.00, blocks 3000 through 3008, 3012, and 3013; and
that part of ward 27, precinct 46 that consists of the following:
census tract 2711.02, block 1013; and
census tract 2714.00, blocks 3000 through 3017.
The district also includes the following parts of Baltimore County:
election districts 4 through 6, 8, and 9;
election district 1, precincts 3, 4, 11 through 13, and 17;
election district 2, precincts 11 through 22, 24 through 27, 29, and 30;
election district 3, precincts 2 and 5 through 14;
election district 10, precincts 2 and 7;
election district 11, precincts 7 through 13, 15 through 19, 21, 25, and 27;
election district 14, precincts 1 through 7, 9, 10, and 12 through 14;
election district 15, precincts 3 through 5, 7 through 19, 23, 24, and 26;
that part of election district 1, precinct 2 that consists of the following:
census tract 4015.06, blocks 1000, 1001, and 1003; and
census tract 4015.07, blocks 1003 through 1011, 1013 through 1016, 2000 through 2006, and 2008 through 2012;
that part of election district 1, precinct 9 that consists of census tract 4009.00, blocks 1000 through 1005, 1007, 1013, 1015, 1019, 1021, and 1022;
that part of election district 1, precinct 10 that consists of the following:
census tract 4009.00, blocks 1006, 1008 through 1012, 1014, 1016 through 1018, 1020, and 1023 through 1025;
census tract 4010.00, blocks 1003 through 1005, 1010, 1015, and 2000 through 2010; and
census tract 4014.00, blocks 1000 through 1003 and 1008 through 1016;
that part of election district 1, precinct 14 that consists of the following:
census tract 4004.00, blocks 4006 through 4009 and 5000 through 5006; and
census tract 4005.00, block 1022;
that part of election district 2, precinct 3 that consists of census tract 4024.07, blocks 1004, 1007, 1008, 1010, and 1013 through 1015;
that part of election district 2, precinct 8 that consists of census tract 4026.04, blocks 1000 through 1007, 1011 through 1023, 2000, 2001, 2014 through 2019, and 2024;
that part of election district 7, precinct 1 that consists of census tract 4070.02, blocks 2052 and 2058;
that part of election district 7, precinct 3 that consists of the following:
census tract 4070.01, blocks 1000 through 1021 and 2007 through 2026; and
census tract 4070.02, blocks 2056, 2059 through 2065, 2068, and 2069;
that part of election district 11, precinct 4 that consists of census tract 4113.02, blocks 1036, 1037, 1048, and 2027;
that part of election district 11, precinct 6 that consists of census tract 4114.06, block 2012;
that part of election district 11, precinct 14 that consists of census tract 4113.03, block 4000;
that part of election district 14, precinct 8 that consists of the following:
census tract 4404.00, blocks 2015 through 2017 and 3008 through 3017;
census tract 4405.00, blocks 1015 and 1023 through 1027; and
census tract 4410.00, blocks 1000 through 1017, 1019 through 1022, 2000, 2008, and 2014;
that part of election district 14, precinct 11 that consists of the following:
census tract 4411.01, blocks 1010 through 1012; and
census tract 4411.02, blocks 1009, 2006, 2007, 2010 through 2012, and 3000 through 3007;
that part of election district 15, precinct 1 that consists of census tract 4523.00, block 2000; and
that part of election district 15, precinct 2 that consists of the following:
census tract 4501.00, blocks 1000 through 1021, 2000, 2001, 2009 through 2012, 2022 through 2027, and 3000 through 3052; and
census tract 4512.00, blocks 1003, 1022 through 1025, 1027 through 1031, and 2033.
The district also includes the following parts of Carroll County:
election districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12; and
that part of election district 14, precinct 1 that consists of census tract 5141.00, blocks 1000 through 1009, 1013, and 2000 through 2022.
The third congressional district consists of Howard County.
The district also includes the following parts of Anne Arundel County:
election districts 2, 3, 5, and 6;
election district 1, precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, and 26;
election district 4, precincts 14 and 15;
that part of election district 1, precinct 23 that consists of census tract 7406.01, blocks 2000 through 2015, 2037, and 2038;
that part of election district 4, precinct 2 that consists of the following:
census tract 7403.03, block 2029; and
census tract 7403.04, block 1003;
that part of election district 4, precinct 4 that consists of the following:
census tract 7408.00, blocks 1003 through 1005, 1007, 1008, 1011, 1013 through 1025, 1027, 1028, 2000 through 2006, 2014 through 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2022; and
census tract 7517.00, blocks 1000 through 1011 and 1017 through 1019;
that part of election district 4, precinct 7 that consists of the following:
census tract 7403.05, block 1000;
census tract 7406.01, blocks 2016 and 2017;
census tract 7406.02, blocks 3000 and 3003; and
census tract 7406.03, block 2001;
that part of election district 4, precinct 13 that consists of the following:
census tract 7408.00, blocks 1000 through 1002, 1009, 1010, 1012, and 1026; and
census tract 7410.00, blocks 1000 through 1005, 1007, and 2014 through 2019; and
that part of election district 4, precinct 26 that consists of census tract 7403.03, blocks 2027 and 2028.
The district also includes the following parts of Carroll County:
election district 13;
election district 14, precincts 2 and 3; and
that part of election district 14, precinct 1 that consists of census tract 5141.00, blocks 1010 through 1012.
The fourth congressional district consists of the following parts of Montgomery County:
election district 5, precincts 2, 19, 21, and 23;
that part of election district 5, precinct 4 that consists of census tract 7014.25, block 1001;
that part of election district 5, precinct 12 that consists of the following:
census tract 7014.17, blocks 1004, 2002, and 2004 through 2006;
census tract 7014.18, blocks 1000 through 1004 and 2000 through 2005; and
census tract 7014.24, blocks 1000 through 1004, 2000 through 2005, 2007 through 2009, and 3000 through 3016;
that part of election district 5, precinct 17 that consists of census tract 7014.09, block 2012;
that part of election district 5, precinct 18 that consists of the following:
census tract 7014.08, blocks 1000 through 1009 and 1012 through 1017;
census tract 7014.26, blocks 2000 through 2008 and 2010 through 2013; and
census tract 7014.27, blocks 1000 through 1007;
that part of election district 8, precinct 6 that consists of census tract 7013.16, block 2010; and
that part of election district 13, precinct 67 that consists of census tract 7017.04, blocks 2014 and 2015.
The district also includes the following parts of Prince George’s County:
election districts 1, 2, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, and 19;
election district 5, precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11;
election district 6, precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 98, and 99;
election district 9, precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 13;
election district 13, precincts 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, and 99;
election district 14, precincts 2, 7, 8, 16, and 17;
election district 20, precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 97, 98, and 99;
election district 21, precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, and 99;
that part of election district 5, precinct 2 that consists of the following:
census tract 8013.07, blocks 1000 through 1012, 1014 through 1023, and 1025 through 1029; and
census tract 8013.09, block 1009;
that part of election district 5, precinct 7 that consists of the following:
census tract 8013.07, blocks 1024 and 2000 through 2020;
census tract 8013.08, blocks 1000 through 1007 and 1010 through 1013; and
census tract 8013.09, blocks 1000 through 1008, 1010, 1012 through 1025, and 2011;
that part of election district 5, precinct 8 that consists of census tract 8013.02, blocks 2000 and 2001;
that part of election district 6, precinct 10 that consists of the following:
census tract 8019.04, blocks 1002, 1003, 1005, and 1006;
census tract 8019.06, blocks 1000 through 1002, 1005, and 1006;
census tract 8021.04, blocks 1001 through 1003 and 2000 through 2002; and
census tract 8021.06, blocks 1002, 1003, 2000, 2001, 2005 through 2007, and 3000 through 3002;
that part of election district 6, precinct 23 that consists of census tract 8022.03, blocks 2000 through 2010;
that part of election district 7, precinct 22 that consists of census tract 8005.14, blocks 1001 through 1013, 2000 through 2018, and 3000 through 3004;
that part of election district 9, precinct 3 that consists of census tract 8019.04, blocks 1015, 1016, 1034, and 1035;
that part of election district 9, precinct 10 that consists of the following:
census tract 8012.10, blocks 1011 and 1012;
census tract 8012.11, blocks 2000, 2006 through 2008, 2012, and 2021;
census tract 8012.16, blocks 2007 through 2016; and
census tract 8012.17, blocks 1000 through 1012;
that part of election district 13, precinct 9 that consists of census tract 8022.04, blocks 4000 through 4002, 4004 through 4016, and 4021 through 4023;
that part of election district 13, precinct 10 that consists of census tract 8035.14, blocks 2000 through 2009 and 3000 through 3018;
that part of election district 13, precinct 14 that consists of the following:
census tract 8035.20, block 3011;
census tract 8035.21, blocks 1000 through 1035, 1042 through 1049, and 1054 through 1062; and
census tract 8036.01, blocks 1026, 2000 through 2002, 2004 through 2006, and 2012 through 2014;
that part of election district 13, precinct 15 that consists of the following:
census tract 8035.16, blocks 1000 through 1004, 2000, and 3004 through 3008; and
census tract 8035.20, blocks 1000 and 2000;
that part of election district 13, precinct 23 that consists of census tract 8035.14, block 1015;
that part of election district 14, precinct 1 that consists of census tract 8004.09, block 1014;
that part of election district 14, precinct 12 that consists of census tract 8004.11, blocks 1017, 1020, 1022 through 1025, 2000 through 2008, and 2010;
that part of election district 14, precinct 15 that consists of census tract 8004.09, block 1018;
that part of election district 15, precinct 2 that consists of census tract 8022.04, blocks 4017, 4018, and 4020;
that part of election district 20, precinct 3 that consists of the following:
census tract 8035.20, block 3008; and
census tract 8036.01, blocks 1002, 1012 through 1025, 1027, and 2003; and
that part of election district 21, precinct 14 that consists of the following:
census tract 8073.01, blocks 1002, 1003, 2000, and 2001;
census tract 8073.04, blocks 1002 through 1010, 1014, 1015, and 1017 through 1020;
census tract 8073.05, blocks 1000 and 2000;
census tract 8074.05, blocks 3016 through 3018; and
census tract 8074.09, blocks 1001 through 1006.
The fifth congressional district consists of the following counties:
Calvert County;
Charles County; and
St. Mary’s County.
The district also includes the following parts of Anne Arundel County:
election district 7;
election district 1, precinct 99;
election district 4, precincts 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 99;
that part of election district 1, precinct 23 that consists of the following:
census tract 7401.06, blocks 2008 through 2010 and 2016 through 2033;
census tract 7404.00, blocks 1000 through 1004;
census tract 7405.02, blocks 3000 through 3004; and
census tract 7406.01, blocks 1000 through 1003 and 1014;
that part of election district 4, precinct 2 that consists of census tract 7403.04, blocks 1000 through 1002, 2000 through 2008, 2010, 2011, 3000 through 3002, 3015, 3017 through 3020, 3035, 3037, and 3038;
that part of election district 4, precinct 4 that consists of census tract 7408.00, block 1006;
that part of election district 4, precinct 7 that consists of the following:
census tract 7403.05, blocks 1001 through 1010;
census tract 7406.01, blocks 1004 through 1013 and 2018 through 2036;
census tract 7406.02, blocks 1000 through 1016, 2000 through 2011, 3001, 3002, 3004, and 3005; and
census tract 7406.03, blocks 2002 through 2056, 2059 through 2068, and 2070;
that part of election district 4, precinct 13 that consists of the following:
census tract 7403.04, blocks 2013 through 2015; and
census tract 7410.00, blocks 1006 and 1008 through 1010; and
that part of election district 4, precinct 26 that consists of the following:
census tract 7403.04, blocks 3003 through 3014, 3016, 3022 through 3026, 3031 through 3034, and 3036; and
census tract 7406.03, block 2069.
The district also includes the following parts of Prince George’s County:
election districts 3, 4, 8, and 11;
election district 5, precincts 1 and 12;
election district 7, precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, and 24;
election district 9, precincts 6, 9, 11, 14, and 15;
election district 13, precincts 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, and 24;
election district 14, precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14;
election district 15, precincts 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6;
that part of election district 5, precinct 2 that consists of census tract 8013.07, block 1013;
that part of election district 5, precinct 7 that consists of census tract 8013.09, block 1011;
that part of election district 5, precinct 8 that consists of census tract 8013.02, blocks 1000 through 1019 and 2002 through 2019;
that part of election district 6, precinct 10 that consists of the following:
census tract 8019.04, blocks 1000, 1001, and 1004;
census tract 8021.04, block 1000; and
census tract 8022.01, blocks 1028 through 1030, 1046, and 1047;
that part of election district 6, precinct 23 that consists of census tract 8022.01, blocks 1015 through 1023, 1026, and 1027;
that part of election district 7, precinct 22 that consists of census tract 8005.18, blocks 1001, 1006, and 1008;
that part of election district 9, precinct 3 that consists of the following:
census tract 8011.05, blocks 1000 through 1011 and 2000 through 2018; and
census tract 8011.06, blocks 1000 through 1009, 2000 through 2003, and 3000 through 3012;
that part of election district 9, precinct 10 that consists of the following:
census tract 8012.11, blocks 2001 through 2005; and
census tract 8012.14, block 2017;
that part of election district 13, precinct 9 that consists of census tract 8035.12, blocks 1000 through 1028, 2006 through 2010, 2012 through 2014, 3004, and 3005;
that part of election district 13, precinct 10 that consists of the following:
census tract 8035.12, blocks 3000 through 3003; and
census tract 8035.13, blocks 1000 through 1002 and 2000 through 2003;
that part of election district 13, precinct 14 that consists of the following:
census tract 8035.20, block 3010; and
census tract 8035.21, blocks 1036 through 1041, 1050 through 1053, 2000 through 2002, and 2006 through 2009;
that part of election district 13, precinct 15 that consists of census tract 8035.20, blocks 1001 through 1009, 2006, and 2007;
that part of election district 13, precinct 23 that consists of the following:
census tract 8035.14, blocks 1012 through 1014; and
census tract 8035.27, blocks 1001, 1002, and 1007 through 1012;
that part of election district 14, precinct 1 that consists of the following:
census tract 8004.03, block 1018;
census tract 8004.09, blocks 1000 through 1009, 1011 through 1013, 2000, 2001, 3000 through 3008, and 3013; and
census tract 8004.10, block 2030;
that part of election district 14, precinct 12 that consists of the following:
census tract 8004.10, blocks 1013, 4012, 4014, and 4016; and
census tract 8004.11, block 2009;
that part of election district 14, precinct 15 that consists of census tract 8004.09, blocks 1010, 1015 through 1017, 2008, and 2009;
that part of election district 15, precinct 2 that consists of the following:
census tract 8007.01, blocks 1001, 1004, 1008, 3018 through 3030, and 3036 through 3039; and
census tract 8022.01, blocks 1000 through 1014, 1024, 1025, 1031 through 1045, and 1048 through 1058; and
that part of election district 20, precinct 3 that consists of census tract 8035.20, block 3005.
The sixth congressional district consists of the following counties:
Allegany County;
Frederick County;
Garrett County; and
Washington County.
The district also includes the following parts of Montgomery County:
election districts 2, 3, and 11;
election district 6, precincts 7, 10, 11, 15, and 16;
election district 9, precincts 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 39, 40, and 41;
election district 12, precincts 2, 3, 4, and 5;
that part of election district 6, precinct 3 that consists of the following:
census tract 7006.04, blocks 3000 through 3009;
census tract 7006.10, blocks 1000 through 1004, 1006, 1008 through 1018, 1022, 1026 through 1035, and 1037; and
census tract 7006.14, block 3012;
that part of election district 6, precinct 5 that consists of census tract 7006.16, blocks 2000 and 3004;
that part of election district 6, precinct 13 that consists of census tract 7006.16, blocks 3002 and 3003;
that part of election district 9, precinct 2 that consists of the following:
census tract 7007.18, blocks 3000 through 3015 and 4004;
census tract 7007.27, blocks 1000 through 1010;
census tract 7007.28, blocks 2013 through 2015 and 2019 through 2024;
census tract 7007.31, blocks 1000 through 1018;
census tract 7007.32, blocks 1000 through 1018 and 2000 through 2005;
census tract 7008.37, blocks 1000, 3000, and 3001; and
census tract 7008.39, blocks 3000, 3001, 3007, and 3008;
that part of election district 9, precinct 5 that consists of the following:
census tract 7007.13, block 1000;
census tract 7008.12, blocks 1000 through 1006, 1010 through 1013, and 2009; and
census tract 7008.13, blocks 2003, 2006, 3006, and 4000 through 4003;
that part of election district 9, precinct 10 that consists of census tract 7007.28, blocks 1001, 2000 through 2012, 2016 through 2018, and 2025 through 2033;
that part of election district 9, precinct 12 that consists of the following:
census tract 7008.10, blocks 1000 through 1007, 2000 through 2008, 2011, and 2012; and
census tract 7008.11, blocks 1000, 1003, 1004, 2004, and 2005;
that part of election district 9, precinct 32 that consists of the following:
census tract 7007.20, block 2007; and
census tract 7007.29, blocks 1004, 1005, and 1007;
that part of election district 9, precinct 33 that consists of the following:
census tract 7008.36, block 2000; and
census tract 7008.38, blocks 2002 through 2008 and 2013; and
that part of election district 12, precinct 1 that consists of the following:
census tract 7002.04, blocks 1002, 1014, and 1016 through 1019;
census tract 7002.06, blocks 3001 through 3004 and 3011; and
census tract 7002.08, blocks 1000, 1003 through 1005, and 2000 through 2007.
The seventh congressional district consists of the following parts of Baltimore City:
wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 28;
ward 13, precincts 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11;
ward 27, precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, and 67;
that part of ward 13, precinct 3 that consists of the following:
census tract 1306.00, blocks 1007, 1023, 4004, 4005, and 4007 through 4009;
census tract 1308.04, blocks 2007 through 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017 through 2022; and
census tract 1308.06, block 1021;
that part of ward 13, precinct 5 that consists of census tract 1308.06, blocks 1002 through 1009, 1013 through 1020, 1025, and 1026;
that part of ward 13, precinct 12 that consists of census tract 1306.00, blocks 3000, 3001, and 4006;
that part of ward 13, precinct 13 that consists of census tract 1306.00, block 2000;
that part of ward 27, precinct 38 that consists of census tract 2711.01, blocks 1000 through 1005, 2002, and 3000 through 3013;
that part of ward 27, precinct 39 that consists of census tract 2712.00, blocks 3009 through 3011 and 3014 through 3020; and
that part of ward 27, precinct 46 that consists of census tract 2711.02, blocks 1012, 1024, 1025, and 1031.
The district also includes the following parts of Baltimore County:
election districts 12 and 13;
election district 1, precincts 1, 5 through 8, 15, and 16;
election district 2, precincts 1, 2, 4 through 7, 9, 10, 23, 28, and 31;
election district 3, precincts 1, 3, and 4;
election district 15, precincts 20 through 22;
that part of election district 1, precinct 2 that consists of census tract 4015.07, blocks 1000 through 1002 and 1012;
that part of election district 1, precinct 9 that consists of the following:
census tract 4008.00, blocks 1000 through 1025 and 2000 through 2016; and
census tract 4010.00, blocks 1000, 1001, 1006 through 1009, and 1012 through 1014;
that part of election district 1, precinct 10 that consists of census tract 4010.00, blocks 1002 and 1011;
that part of election district 1, precinct 14 that consists of the following:
census tract 4004.00, blocks 2007 through 2014 and 5007 through 5009; and
census tract 4925.00, blocks 1000 through 1007;
that part of election district 2, precinct 3 that consists of census tract 4024.07, blocks 1000 through 1003, 1005, 1006, 1009, 1011, and 1012;
that part of election district 2, precinct 8 that consists of census tract 4023.05, blocks 1000 and 1001;
that part of election district 14, precinct 8 that consists of census tract 4410.00, blocks 2001 through 2007, 2009 through 2013, and 2015 through 2025;
that part of election district 14, precinct 11 that consists of census tract 4411.02, blocks 4000 through 4018;
that part of election district 15, precinct 1 that consists of the following:
census tract 4523.00, blocks 1000 through 1021 and 2001 through 2040; and
census tract 4524.00, blocks 1016 through 1025, 1049, and 1050; and
that part of election district 15, precinct 2 that consists of census tract 4501.00, blocks 2002 through 2008, 2013 through 2021, and 2028 through 2030.
The eighth congressional district consists of the following parts of Montgomery County:
election districts 1, 4, 7, and 10;
election district 5, precincts 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 22;
election district 6, precincts 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 14;
election district 8, precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15;
election district 9, precincts 4, 9, 14, 21, 22, 31, 36, 37, and 38;
election district 13, precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, and 71;
that part of election district 5, precinct 4 that consists of census tract 7014.25, blocks 1000 and 1002 through 1004;
that part of election district 5, precinct 12 that consists of census tract 7014.24, block 2006;
that part of election district 5, precinct 17 that consists of census tract 7014.14, blocks 1000 through 1017, 2000 through 2007, and 3000 through 3011;
that part of election district 5, precinct 18 that consists of census tract 7014.08, block 1011;
that part of election district 6, precinct 3 that consists of census tract 7006.04, block 3010;
that part of election district 6, precinct 5 that consists of the following:
census tract 7006.15, blocks 1000 through 1011 and 2000 through 2007; and
census tract 7006.16, blocks 1005 through 1007, 1013, 2001 through 2006, and 3013;
that part of election district 6, precinct 13 that consists of the following:
census tract 7006.06, blocks 3000 and 3011; and
census tract 7006.16, blocks 1000 through 1004, 1008 through 1012, 3000, 3001, 3006 through 3012, and 3014 through 3016;
that part of election district 8, precinct 6 that consists of the following:
census tract 7013.08, blocks 1000 through 1011; and
census tract 7013.16, blocks 1000 through 1012, 2000 through 2009, 2011 through 2013, 3018, 4007, 4010, and 4012;
that part of election district 9, precinct 2 that consists of census tract 7007.18, blocks 1003, 1004, 4000 through 4003, 4005, and 4012;
that part of election district 9, precinct 5 that consists of the following:
census tract 7008.10, block 3004;
census tract 7008.11, block 2015;
census tract 7008.12, blocks 1007 through 1009, 2005, and 2006; and
census tract 7008.13, blocks 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2005;
that part of election district 9, precinct 10 that consists of census tract 7007.28, blocks 1000 and 1002 through 1005;
that part of election district 9, precinct 12 that consists of the following:
census tract 7008.10, blocks 3000 through 3003 and 3005;
census tract 7008.11, block 2008; and
census tract 7008.13, block 2002;
that part of election district 9, precinct 32 that consists of the following:
census tract 7007.20, blocks 1001 through 1004, 2006, and 3003 through 3005; and
census tract 7007.29, blocks 1000 through 1002 and 1016;
that part of election district 9, precinct 33 that consists of the following:
census tract 7008.36, block 2001;
census tract 7008.38, blocks 1000 through 1002, 2000, 2001, 2009 through 2012, and 2014 through 2022; and
census tract 7008.39, block 3009;
that part of election district 12, precinct 1 that consists of the following:
census tract 7002.06, block 3000; and
census tract 7002.08, block 2008; and
that part of election district 13, precinct 67 that consists of the following:
census tract 7017.01, blocks 3005 through 3010; and
census tract 7017.04, blocks 1000, 1009 through 1022, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006 through 2013, and 2016 through 2023.
The district also includes that part of Prince George’s County that consists of that part of election district 21, precinct 14 that consists of census tract 8073.04, block 1016.
Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if there is a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress, the Governor shall issue a proclamation, within 10 days after the date that the vacancy occurs or becomes known to the Governor, declaring that a special primary election and a special general election shall be held to fill the vacancy.
If the vacancy occurs during the period beginning 39 days before the regular primary election and ending on the last day of the term, the Governor may:
decline to issue a proclamation; and
allow the office to remain vacant for the remainder of the term.
The Governor’s proclamation shall specify the dates of the special primary election and the special general election.
The special primary election shall be held on a Tuesday that is at least 80 days after the date of the proclamation.
The special general election shall be held on a Tuesday that is at least 70 days after the date of the special primary election.
The Governor shall:
immediately give public notice of the proclamation; and
deliver the proclamation to the State Administrator.
The State Administrator shall:
immediately notify the State Board members and the local boards of the counties that comprise the congressional district;
forward to each of those local boards a copy of the proclamation;
direct the local boards of election to make the absentee ballot for the special primary election or special general election available to an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter, as defined under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, at least 45 days before the date of the special election; and
ensure that the special election is conducted in compliance with all federal and State laws.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the vacancy occurs or becomes known to the Governor during the period beginning 120 days before the regular primary election for Representatives in Congress and ending 40 days before the primary election, the Governor’s proclamation shall order that:
the special primary election shall be merged with the regular primary election;
any individual who files a certificate of candidacy for the regular primary election shall be deemed to have filed a certificate of candidacy for the special primary election; and
except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, any other qualified individual may file a certificate of candidacy, for both the special primary election and the regular primary election, not later than 9 p.m. on the day that is 2 days after the issuance of the proclamation.
A qualified individual may not file a certificate of candidacy under subparagraph (i)3 of this paragraph if there are 64 days or less before the date of the election.
A vote cast for a candidate in the merged primary election shall be deemed a vote for that candidate in both the special primary election and the regular primary election.
Two certificates of nomination, one for the special primary election and one for the regular primary election, shall be issued to each candidate nominated in the merged primary election.
Notwithstanding any provision of this article:
a nominee for the special primary election may decline the nomination by notifying the State Board not later than 5 p.m. on the Wednesday following the primary election;
the appropriate political party shall fill the vacancy in nomination not later than 5 p.m. on the Thursday following the primary election; and
a petition for recount and recanvas of the special primary election shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. on the Wednesday following the primary election.
At least 55 days before the special primary election, the State Board shall certify to the appropriate local boards the name, residence, and party affiliation of each candidate who qualifies to appear on the special primary election ballot.
At least 55 days before the special general election, the State Board shall certify to the appropriate local boards the name, residence, and party affiliation of each nominee who qualifies to appear on the special general election ballot.